Japan Open: Shelton edges out Thompson to book spot in quarter-finals
Ben Shelton beat Jordan Thompson 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday and will face No 5 seed Tommy Paul in the next round
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American Ben Shelton moved into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open by winning against Australian Jordan Thompson 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Shelton, ranked No 19, will play No 5 seed Tommy Paul next.
In the previous round of the Tokyo Open, the 21-year-old American edged out Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel (3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)).
Thompson, ranked No 60, beat German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Tokyo Open.
Tokyo ATP500, other second-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Taylor Fritz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
- Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Cristian Garin vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Marcos Giron (Q) beat Casper Ruud (2): 6-3, 6-4
- Tommy Paul beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-4, 6-1
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