Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka will face
Vukic in the next round after rallying for a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
victory over the United States' Marcos Giron. Fellow qualifiers
Max Purcell of Australia and Juncheng Shang of China also won
their matches on Wednesday.
Other winners included top-seeded American Taylor Fritz, Serbian
Miomir Kecmanovic, Italy's Flavio Cobolli and wild card Billy
Harris of Great Britain.
Mallorca Championships
No. 1 seed Ben Shelton of the U.S. collected 13 aces and saved 6
of 6 break points to cruise to a 6-4, 6-0 win over Australian
Rinky Hijikata in second-round action in Spain.
Shelton will collide with British qualifier Paul Jubb in the
quarterfinals. Jubb also prevailed in straight sets on
Wednesday, ousting qualifier Adam Walton of Australia, 6-0, 6-3.
Fourth-seeded Chilean Alejandro Tabilo topped Kazakhstan's
Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-2, while Czech Jakub Mensik defeated
Italian wild card Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the only match
of the day that went three sets.
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