Adrian Mannarino, 78th in the world, who benefited from the withdrawal of Nick Kyrgios to integrate the main draw, had won his ticket for the quarter-finals of the Atlanta tournament, beating on the night of Thursday to Friday the American Andres Martin ( 736th), 7-5, 6-3.
This Friday in the quarter-finals once morest Australian Alex de Minaur, seeded number 3 and 30th in the ATP rankings, the French left-hander lost in three sets (4-6, 6-3, 6-0). His 23-year-old opponent joins Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in the semi-finals.
Mannarino (34) dominated De Minaur on the grass of ‘S-Hertogenbosch last June. The defeat of the day gives the advantage to the native of Sydney in the game of direct confrontations (2-1).
