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Patna : Top seed Daniil Medvedev, 26, Russia, 3rd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23, Greece, 4th seed Rafael Nadal, 35, Spain, and 6th seed Cameron Norrie, 26, UK, advanced to the quarter-finals of Mexican Open ( Alberto Mexicano Telcel Presentado por HSBC), an ATP 500 series outdoor hard courts event at Acapulco, Mexico, on February 24, 2022, early morning.
World No 2 Medvedev, the reigning US Open Champion, crushed World No 68 Pablo Andujar, 36, Spain, 6-1, 6-2 in2nd round winning 4 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. The Russian, in all, won 55 points during the match to 29 by Andujar. The Russian fired 7 Aces in the match to none by the Spaniard. Medvedev will face qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, in quarter-final on February 25, 2022.
World No 4 Tsitsipas hammered qualifier J J Wolf, USA, 6-1, 6-0 in 2nd round winning 5 break points and 7 games in a row during the match. The Greek, in all, won 48 points during the match to 16 by Wolf. Tsitsipas served 5 Aces in the match to 1 by Wolf. Tsitsipas will face Marcos Giron, USA, in QF, on February 25, 2022.
World No 5 Nadal, the winner of record 21 Grand Slam singles titles, hammered lucky loser Stefan Kuzlov, USA, 6-0, 6-3 in 2nd round. Nadal won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Kuzlov. Nadal won 7 games in a row during the match to 2 by the American. Nadal won 52 points during the match to 29 points by Kuzlov. Nadal will face World No 39 Tommy Paul, 24, USA, in QF on February 25, 2022.
World No 12 Cameron Norrie, 26, UK, beat World No 23 John Isner, 36, USA, in a close three-set 2nd round match 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row to advance to QFs. Isner though hammered 27 Aces during the match to only 4 by Norrie. Bjut, the Brit won 96 points in the match to 78 points by Isner.