Mackenzie McDonald reached the second round of the Mexican Open by winning against Italian lucky loser Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-2 at the Princess Mundo Imperial in Acapulco on Tuesday night.
McDonald, who will face fellow American Brandon Nakashima next, would have played against No 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday but Alcaraz withdrew after dealing with a leg injury in Rio de Janeiro.
Acapulco ATP500, other first-round matchups and results:
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez
- Jacopo Berrettini (Q) beat Oscar Otte: 3-6, 7-6(3), 2-1 ret.
- Brandon Nakashima beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Nuno Borges beat Nick Chappell (Q): 6-3, 7-6(3)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Alex Molcan: 6-0, 1-0 ret.
- Elias Ymer (LL) beat Adrian Mannarino: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (2) beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(2)
- Tommy Paul (7) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-1, 7-6(4)
- Taro Daniel (Q) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (6) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-6(6), 6-4
- Holger Rune (4) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2
- Feliciano López (WC) beat Christopher Eubanks: 7-6(3), 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7(4), 6-0, 7-5
- Taylor Fritz (3) beat John Isner: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Michael Mmoh beat Marcos Giron: 7-6(3), 6-1