Mexican Open: Rune untroubled, through to second round
Holger Rune won against Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and Australian Jordan Thompson in the next round
Holger Rune, Acapulco 2024
Image Credit: Abierto Mexicano De Tenis
Dane Holger Rune, the second seed, won against American qualifier Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Mexican Open at the Princess Mundo Imperial Resort in Acapulco on Tuesday night.
Rune, ranked No 7, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and Australian Jordan Thompson next.
Acapulco ATP 500, other first-round results (Princess Mundo Imperial Resort, hard, USD 2.206.080, most recent results first):
- Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jordan Thompson: wednesday
- Casper Ruud vs. Christopher Eubanks: wednesday
- Dominik Koepfer beat Terence Atmane (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
- Frances Tiafoe (8) beat Max Purcell: 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-3, 6-4
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Taylor Fritz (4): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- 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
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