Facundo Díaz Acosta won the Argentine duel on the other side of the world

Facundo Díaz Acosta planted a flag on the other side of the world and won the Argentine duel against Sebastián Báez, third seed, by 6-4 and 7-6 (1). His next instance will put him face to face against Gael Monfils.
Within the framework of the ATP 250 in Auckland, New Zealand, he was also eliminated Mariano Navone by the Portuguese Nuno Borges by 4-6, 7-5 and 6-4.
The biggest surprise came with Roberto Carballés who defeated Francisco Cerúndolo (fourth seed) 6-2 and 7-5 and thus qualified for the quarterfinals where the next rival will be the Belgian Zizou Bergs, 66th in the ranking and from the previous phase.
Another result that broke the forecasts was the elimination of the maximum seed Ben Shelton at the hands of Jakub Mensik 7-6 (2), 4-6 and 7-5.