DALLAS — Ben Shelton cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michael Mmoh behind a dominant serve Wednesday night time, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open.
The third-seeded American misplaced simply three factors on his serve whereas breaking Mmoh early in each units.
No. 2 seed Tommy Paul of the U.S. performed Japan’s Taro Daniel within the spherical of 16 later Wednesday night time.
Shelton, who misplaced to Novak Djokovic within the semifinals of the US Open final 12 months, went up 3-0 within the first set with a break of Mmoh.
The servers had received the primary 18 factors of the second set when Shelton received three in a row on Mmoh’s serve for a break level earlier than occurring to interrupt for a 3-2 lead.
Shelton broke Mohr once more for a 5-3 lead earlier than the hard-serving left-hander closed out the match at love.
It was Shelton’s first match of the week on the campus of SMU, whereas Mmoh had superior with a first-round victory.
“I used to be fairly stunned with the extent I performed at at present,” mentioned Shelton, who’s ranked sixteenth. “It is at all times robust once you’re round a match web site for nearly every week and sort of sit round ready to your match.”
Two seeded gamers misplaced in straight units in early matches.
Fifth-seeded American Christopher Eubanks fell to Australia’s James Duckworth 7-6 (3), 6-4. Duckworth’s countryman, No. 6 seed Max Purcell, was a 6-4, 6-3 loser towards Marcos Giron of the U.S.
Prime-seeded Frances Tiafoe has his match opener Thursday night time within the spherical of 16 towards 19-year-old fellow American Alex Michelsen.
