Seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov wasted no time getting down to business on Tuesday at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC, powering past Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round in Acapulco.
“Amazing crowd out here. It’s a very special tournament for me,” Dimitrov said in his on-court interview. “I was glad to get it going again as I haven’t played in a while and am happy to get that first win.”
The Bulgarian won 92 per cent of his first-serve points (24/26) and broke Dzumhur three times to advance in 74 minutes. Dimitrov now looks for his first quarter-final of the season when he meets Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the next round.
Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez continued his outstanding form with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 victory over Moldovan Radu Albot. The 22-year-old entered this season having never won a tour-level match, but has prevailed in all five of his opening-round matches this year. Next up for Martinez is a second-round clash with third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka.
Soonwoon Kwon outlasted Japanese lucky loser Taro Daniel 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. The 22-year-old South Korean sits at a career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 76 after reaching three quarter-finals this month in Pune, New York and Delray Beach. He awaits the winner of eighth-seeded Serbian Dusan Lajovic and American Steve Johnson.
Top seed Rafael Nadal begins his Acapulco campaign on Tuesday night. The two-time champion (2005, 2013) starts with an all-Spanish battle against Pablo Andujar.
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