McDonald stuns top seed Delpo in ATP Delray Beach Open QFs

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Patna : World No 84 in ATP rankings Mackenzie McDonald, 23, USA, stunned top seed and World No 4 Juan Martin del Porto, 30, Argentina, in three-sets 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals of Delay Beach Opeb, an ATP 250 points tournament, at Delay beach, Florida, USA, on February 23, 2019.

Delpo though fired 16 Aces in the match to 9 by McDonald. Both the players broke service of each other once in the match. Both the players also won 3 games each in a row in the match. McDonald will face World No 82 Radu Albot, 29, Moldova, in the semi-finals on February 24, 2019. Albot defeated World No 34 Steve Johnson, 29, USA, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 in the quarter-finals. Johnson fired 11 Aces in the match to 5 by Albot. Both of them committed 4 double faults each. Albot broke Johnson’s service twice while the latter broke his service thrice.

World No 9 John Isner, 33, USA, the 2nd seed, defeated World No 51 Adrean Mannarino, 30, France, 7-6, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. Isner hammered 24 Aces in the match to 6 by Mannarino. Mannarino committed 4 double faults to 1 by Isner. Isner broke Mannarino’s service once in the match. Isner also won 3 games in a row in the match. Isner will face World No 148 Daniel Evans, 28, Australia, in the semi-final on February 24. Evans defeated World No 52 Andreas Seppi, 34, Italy, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals on February 22, 2019, night.