Florence Open: McDonald books spot in quarter-finals
Mackenzie McDonald beat Francesco Passaro 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, and Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the next round
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American Mackenzie McDonald advanced to the quarter-finals of the Florence Open by beating Italian wildcard Francesco Passaro 6-4, 7-5 at the Palazzo Wanny on Thursday afternoon.
McDonald, ranked No 79, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, and Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles next.
The American won against No 6 seed Jenson Brooksby (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Passaro, ranked No 126, won against Chinese lucky loser Zhizhen Zhang (7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)).
Florence ATP 250, other second-round results (Palazzo Wanny, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Oscar Otte
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Altug Celikbilek vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Bublik (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Matteo Berrettini (2): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5
- J.J. Wolf beat Maxime Cressy (4): 6-3, 6-4
- Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev (5): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-1
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