Third seed Tommy Paul wanted eight match factors to shut out gallant Brazilian Felipe Meligeni Alves to succeed in the quarter-finals of the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo in Los Cabos Wednesday.
Meligeni Alves, the nephew of former professional Fernando Meligeni, rallied from 0/40 in his ultimate two service video games of the second set, saving 4 match factors the primary time of asking after which one other three to power a tie-break.
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Paul was pressured to battle off 4 set factors within the tie-break earlier than closing out a 7-5, 7-6(7) win in two hours and 12 minutes.
“I knew it wasn’t going to be straightforward as he performed an ideal match on Monday and he performed a extremely excessive degree of tennis,” mentioned Paul, an Australian Open semi-finalist this yr. “I used to be sweating by my sneakers so I used to be considering that I actually don’t need to lose this tie-break and alter my sneakers and do a full change out. I used to be actually making an attempt to win that set.”
The 26-year-old American, who improved to 5-1 on Mexican soil this yr, will subsequent face the person he misplaced to within the Acapulco ultimate earlier within the yr, Australian Alex de Minaur.
“I feel we’d moderately play later within the event, however I’m up for it and I feel it will likely be a extremely good match once more,” Paul mentioned.
Fifth seed De Minaur dropped simply three video games in a 6-2, 6-1 win over World No. 136 Argentine Thiago Agustin Tirante.
Seventh seed, German Dominik Koepfer, loved a powerful 6-2, 6-2 win over Australian James Duckworth.
High seed Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped simply 4 factors on his first serve in a 6-2, 6-4 win over American veteran John Isner. The Greek even out-aced the all-time aces chief eight to seven.
Chasing his first title of the yr, Tsitsipas subsequent performs Chile’s Nicolas Jarry.
Second seed Cameron Norrie did not fare so nicely, falling to American World No. 129 Aleksandar Kovacevic 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-4.
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