On February 26, local time, the ATP Acapulco station launched the second round of men's singles. No.2 seed Ruud and No.3 seed Paul withdrew from the tournament due to stomach discomfort before kick-off, while No.4 seed Rune also withdrew from the tournament when he reached 0-3 in the first set against Brandon Nakajima. After the game, Rune revealed on his personal social media that the reason for his withdrawal was food poisoning!

Ruud, Paul and Rune retired in quick succession

Rune wrote: "Angry and sad, I got food poisoning and couldn't play today. Mexico is one of my favourite places and I love the race in Acapulco, it's definitely not the outcome I wanted. ”

Screenshot of Rune's social media

Screenshot of Ruud's social media

Announcement of the event party

Top seed Zverev was beaten 3-6, 4-6 to rising American Lerner Money, leaving the court in anger after the match and did not attend the press conference. American teenager Mickelson was unwell but persevered through the tournament to lose 4-6, 3-6 to ninth seed Shapovalov.

Veteran Goffin eliminated fifth seed Shelton 7-6(3), 6-3, and said in an interview: "Even if the opponent is a little weak, it's still hard to beat. This proves that Sheldon is also experiencing physical discomfort, which is likely to be a collective food poisoning incident.

Rune

Photo: Visual China

Due to the successive withdrawals of Ruud and Paul, local wild card player Pacheco Mendes and American player Giron directly advanced to the quarterfinals of this tournament. Davidovich Fokina beat seventh seed Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 to advance.

ATP Acapulco Men's Singles quarterfinals:

[Q] Lerner Chin vs Mahachi[8]

Brandon Nakashima vs Goffin

[9] Shapovalov vs Giron

Davidovic Fokina vs Pacheco Mendes

(Text and editor: Dato)