Nice Britain’s Jack Pinnington Jones is thru to his first ATP Tour quarter-final as he continued his excellent run on the Dallas Open.
The 22-year-old, who needed to come by way of two rounds of qualifying to make the match’s primary draw, adopted up his gorgeous victory over Italy’s world quantity 20 Flavio Cobolli by beating American Eliot Spizzirri to succeed in the final eight.
Pinnington Jones, ranked 181st on the planet, overcame world quantity 68 Spizzirri in three units, prevailing 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 7-6 (7-4).
He’ll face former US Open champion Marin Cilic for a spot within the semi-finals on Friday.
Pinnington Jones accomplished his junior season at Texas Christian College in Could however opted in opposition to returning for a closing 12 months to be able to pursue a full-time tennis profession.
After shedding his first qualifying match on the Australian Open in January, Pinnington Jones reached the ultimate on the Soma Bay challenger occasion in Egypt earlier than embarking on his four-match successful run in Dallas.
He’s set to climb 43 locations to 138th on the planet after reaching the quarter-finals, and will enter the highest 110 with victory over Cilic.
Elsewhere, Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina and high seed Iga Swiatek each suffered shock defeats on the Qatar Open.
World quantity three Rybakina misplaced 7-5 4-6 6-4 to Canada’s Victoria Mboko, whereas Swiatek received the primary set however fell to a 2-6 6-4 7-5 defeat by Maria Sakkari.
