Mexican Open: Kecmanovic beats Schwartzman to reach second round

Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic moved into the second round of the Mexican Open by winning against Argentinian wildcard Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday.

The loss was the sixth in a row on the tour for Schwartzman, whose only win this year has come in the first round of qualifying for Brisbane. The Argentine’s last ATP main draw win came in Tokyo in October 2023.

Kecmanovic, ranked No 53, will play the winner of the match between top seed Alexander Zverev and Daniel Altmaier next.

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

• Ben Shelton beat Daniel Evans: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jack Draper beat Tommy Paul (7): 6-0, 6-4
• 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
• Alex De Minaur vs. Taro Daniel
• Nuno Borges vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Ernesto Escobedo vs. Sebastian Ofner

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