Adrian Mannarino, 78th in the world, who benefited from the withdrawal of Nick Kyrgios to integrate the main draw, 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.
Martin, invited by the organizers and who was playing his first ATP tournament, had knocked down Kyrgios’ doubles partner, Thanasi Kokkinakis (69th) in the previous round.
Mannarino will challenge Australia’s Alex de Minaur, world No. 30 and seed No. 3, on Friday to try to reach his second semi-final this year following ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June.
