Nakashima holds off Altmaier to advance in Acapulco
Brandon Nakashima beat Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday night in Acapulco. Nakashima is in the section of the draw vacated by Carlos Alcaraz.
Brandon Nakashima at the 2022 Florence Open
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American Brandon Nakashima advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open by defeating Germany’s Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the Princess Mundo Imperial in Acapulco on Tuesday.
Nakashima, ranked No 49, will play the winner of the match between Italian lucky loser Luciano Darderi and American Mackenzie McDonald next. It is a good opportunity for all of those players, as top seed Carlos Alcaraz withdrew following the Rio Open and was replaced by Darderi.
Acapulco ATP500, other first-round matchups and results:
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
- Luciano Darderi vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Jacopo Berrettini vs. Oscar Otte
- 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
