American Frances Tiafoe, seeded No. 4, knocked out Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel (7-5, 6-4) and reached the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Tournament at the Atlantic Stadion in Atlanta, Wednesday evening.
Tiafoe, 29th in the world at the ATP, will face American Brandon Nakashima, seeded No. 8 in the quarterfinals of the Atlanta Open.
In the previous round of the Georgian tournament, Daniel, 101st player in the world at ATP, won once morest American Sebastian Korda (1-6, 6-1, 6-3).
The other meetings of the second round in Atlanta (ATP 250, Atlantic Stadion, hard, 792,980 USD, results are displayed from newest to oldest):
- Ben Shelton – John Isner: scheduled for Friday
- Alex De Minaur – James Duckworth: scheduled for Thursday
- Jenson Brooksby – Mackenzie McDonald: scheduled for Thursday
- Andres Martin – Adrian Mannarino: scheduled for Thursday
- Steve Johnson – Ilya Ivashka: scheduled for Wednesday
- Brandon Nakashima – John Millman : 7-6 [8]6-4
- Tommy Paul (N.5) – SoonWoo Kwon : 6-3, 6-3
