Mexican Open: Goffin upsets Shelton in Acapulco
David Goffin defeated Ben Shelton 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Wednesday night and will face the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, and American Brandon Nakashima in the next round
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Belgian David Goffin beat American Ben Shelton, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the Mexican Open at the Arena GNP Seguros in Acapulco on Wednesday night.
Goffin, ranked No 63, will face the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 4 seed, and American Brandon Nakashima next.
The 34-year-old Belgian won against Australian Rinky Hijikata (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Acapulco tournament.
In the previous round of the Acapulco tournament, Shelton, ranked No 14, won against Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)).
Acapulco ATP 500, other second-round results (Arena GNP Seguros, hard, USD 2.585.410, most recent results first):
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Casper Ruud
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Alexander Zverev vs. Learner Tien
- Holger Rune vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Alex Michelsen
- Tomas Machac (8) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Marcos Giron vs. Tommy Paul
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