American Reilly Opelka knocked out defending champion Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Wednesday to succeed in the quarterfinals of the grass-court occasion at Newport, Rhode Island.
Opelka is enjoying his first ATP match in virtually two years. The American, who acquired a wild card into the match, fired 19 aces to enhance to 4-0 in opposition to Frenchman Mannarino.
Opelka, 26, is again on the tour after extended absence on account of hip and wrist surgical procedure.
His final ATP Tour occasion was in Washington in 2022, when he was ranked a career-high seventeenth on this planet.
Opelka had begun his marketing campaign with a three-set victory over France’s Fixed Lestienne.
In his first-ever quarterfinal in Newport, Opelka will subsequent face fellow American Mackenzie McDonald, who beat Britain’s Billy Harris 6-3, 6-4.