Cameron Norrie booked his place within the Los Cabos Open quarter-finals with a straight-set victory over James Duckworth in Mexico.
The British quantity two defeated Australia’s Duckworth 6-4 6-4 to arrange a gathering with former top-20 participant Bernard Tomic within the final eight.
Norrie, who ended a six-match dropping streak with a first-round win over Aleksandar Kovacevic, needed to combat again from 3-0 down to say the primary set in opposition to Duckworth.
He broke twice within the second set to go 5-2 up, and survived a late wobble to serve out victory.
The fifth seed is the second-highest ranked participant nonetheless within the draw after high seed Jiri Lehecka misplaced to Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong, and Tomic surprised fourth seed Karen Khachanov.
In the meantime, Naomi Osaka continued her sturdy type by advancing previous Ashlyn Krueger to the quarter-finals of the Washington Open.
Third seed Osaka – who was taking part in for the primary time since reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals – dominated the match to guide 6-3 3-1 victory over earlier than Krueger retired due to an ankle damage.
Osaka will face Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto in her third successive quarter-final.
Within the males’s singles occasion, 17-year-old Cruz Hewitt will reunite with high seed Alex de Minaur within the final 16.
Hewitt is the son of former world primary Lleyton Hewitt, and used to knockabout with De Minaur, 10 years his senior.
He defeated Marcos Giron of the US 6-3 6-4 on his most important singles draw debut, whereas De Minaur beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Former world quantity 4 Jack Draper withdrew late from Washington due to discomfort in his left arm, however has been awarded a wildcard into the Canadian Open.
Novak Djokovic withdrew from the event in Montreal however will enter the Cincinnati Masters subsequent month.
