{"id":22295,"date":"2024-02-29T01:43:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T06:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/de-minaur-tsitsipas-advance-will-meet-in-quarters-at-acapulco\/29\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T01:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T06:43:50","slug":"de-minaur-tsitsipas-advance-will-meet-in-quarters-at-acapulco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/de-minaur-tsitsipas-advance-will-meet-in-quarters-at-acapulco\/29\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"De Minaur, Tsitsipas advance, will meet in quarters at Acapulco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ACAPULCO, M\u00e9xico — Defending champion Alex De Minaur<\/a> beat Sebastian Ofner<\/a> 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open.<\/p>\n

The third-seeded de Minaur will face fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>, who advanced to the quarters of the ATP 500 event with a 6-3, 7-6 (6) win over Flavio Cobolli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

De Minaur, a 25-year-old Australian, has 10 ATP Tour titles and Tsitsipas has seven. But the Greek player has never won a 500-level event despite two wins in Masters 1000 tournaments. Tsitsipas is 0-10 in 500 finals, including Acapulco in 2021.<\/p>\n

De Minaur became the first defending champion in Mexico to reach the quarterfinals since Dominic Thiem<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Dominik Koepfer<\/a> beat eighth-seeded American Frances Tiafoe<\/a> 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, and Jack Draper<\/a> reached the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Yoshihito Nishioka<\/a>. Draper will face Miomir Kecmanovic<\/a>, who beat Daniel Altmaier<\/a> 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ACAPULCO, México — Defending champion Alex De Minaur beat Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Mexican