Dallas Open: Second seed Paul through to quarter-finals
Tommy Paul beat Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between German Dominik Koepfer, the No 8 seed, and Australian Rinky Hijikata in the next round
American Tommy Paul, the second seed, defeated Japanese Taro Daniel 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the last eight of the Dallas Open at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on Thursday night.
Paul, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between German Dominik Koepfer, the No 8 seed, and Australian Rinky Hijikata next.
In the previous round of the Dallas tournament, Daniel, ranked No 62, benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Constant Lestienne (4-6, 6-4, 5-0).
Dallas ATP 250, other second-round results (Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, hard, USD 756.020, most recent results first):
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alex Michelsen
- Jordan Thompson vs. Denis Kudla
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Ben Shelton (3) beat Michael Mmoh: 6-3, 6-3
- James Duckworth beat Christopher Eubanks (5): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Max Purcell (6): 6-4, 6-3