Jacopo Berrettini joins his brother in Acapulco second round as Otte retires
There are two Berrettinis in the Acapulco second round, and both advanced via retirement. Jacopo Berrettini advanced when Oscar Otte called it quits.
Italian qualifier Jacopo Berrettini advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open when German Oscar Otte retired at the Princess Mundo Imperial in Acapulco on Tuesday night.
Jacopo Berrettini led 3-6, 7-6(3), 2-1 when the 78th-ranked Otte could note continue.
Amazingly enough, both Berrettini brothers got retirements on Tuesday. Matteo Berrettini advanced when Alex Molcan called it quits trailing 6-1, 1-0.
Jacopo Berrettini will next face the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, and Mexican wild card Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez.
Acapulco ATP500, other first-round matchups and results:
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez: wednesday
- Luciano Darderi vs. Mackenzie McDonald: wednesday
- Brandon Nakashima beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Nuno Borges beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Alex Molcan: 6-0, 1-0 ret.
- Elias Ymer (LL) beat Adrian Mannarino: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (2) beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Tommy Paul (7) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (6) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Holger Rune (4) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Feliciano López (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (4), 6-0, 7-5
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat John Isner: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Michael Mmoh beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (3), 6-1
