Mexican Open: Cobolli beats Auger-Aliassime in three sets

Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open by defeating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.

Now ranked 30th in the world, the loss is another early exit for the Canadian this season. Auger-Aliassime, a former world No 6, now drops to 6-6 for the year with his latest defeat.

Cobolli, ranked No 69, will face the winner of the match between Russian Roman Safiullin and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, next.

This was the second top 30 win for Cobolli in his career.

Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round matches (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2,206,080):

• Alex De Minaur (3) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (LL) beat Nuno Borges: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Ernesto Escobedo (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Ben Shelton beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jack Draper beat Tommy Paul (7): 6-0, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Diego Schwartzman (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Michael Mmoh vs. Holger Rune
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jordan Thompson
• Casper Ruud vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Terence Atmane vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Max Purcell
• Roman Safiullin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Taylor Fritz

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