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.
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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.
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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 after ‘s-Hertogenbosch in June.
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