Houston Open: Tiafoe advances to quarter-finals

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, moved into the last eight of the Houston Open by edging out Australian James Duckworth 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5 at River Oaks Country Club on Thursday.

Tiafoe, ranked No 21, will play Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 6 seed, next.

Duckworth, ranked No 105, defeated Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Houston tournament.

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Houston ATP 250, other second-round results (River Oaks Country Club, clay, USD 742.350, most recent results first):

• Jordan Thompson beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (7)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-4
• Michael Mmoh (WC) beat Max Purcell (8): 6-2, 7-5
• Marcos Giron (7) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (1) beat Zizou Bergs: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Brandon Nakashima beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-1, 6-4
• Luciano Darderi beat Francisco Cerundolo (2): 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4)