Machac cruises into Dallas Open quarter-finals

Tomas Machac knocked off Ricky Hijikata in straight sets during second-round action in Dallas on Thursday. Machac awaits either American Taylor Fritz or Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

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No 6 seed Tomas Machac defeated Australia’s Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 7-6 (0) to advance to the last eight of the Dallas Open at the Ford Center at The Star on Thursday afternoon

Machac, ranked No 25, will next play the winner of the match between top-seeded American Taylor Fritz and Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

Ahead of his victory, Tomas Machac defeated Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-2 in round one.

Hijikata, ranked No 73, got the best of Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 6-3 in the previous round of the Dallas tournament.

Dallas ATP 500, other second-round results:

  • Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
  • Tommy Paul vs. Ethan Quinn
  • Reilly Opelka vs. Cameron Norrie
  • Michael Mmoh vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
  • Jaume Munar beat Ben Shelton (4): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
  • Matteo Arnaldi (8) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-1, 6-3
  • Yoshihito Nishioka beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

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