Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and American Tommy Paul, the top two seeds at the ATP 250 in Adelaide, won their matches to advance to the quarterfinals. Davidovich Fokina, who is seeking his first ATP title at 26, had a solid debut, defeating Australian Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 23 minutes. The Spaniard, currently ranked 15th and coming off a strong 2023 where he reached four finals, controlled the match from start to finish to secure his place in the final eight. His quarterfinal opponent will be Valentin Vacherot of Monaco, who last year pulled off one of the biggest surprises in tennis history by winning the Shanghai Masters 1000 when he was ranked No. 204. This time, Vacherot benefited from a walkover as Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, despite his great talent, cannot find consistency due to constant problems with his right arm. The other main contender, Tommy Paul, also had a great performance, defeating the giant American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-4. Opelka, who has one of the best serves on the circuit, was given no break opportunities by Paul throughout the match, which lasted one hour and 11 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Paul will face an interesting match against Australian Aleksandar Vukic, who defeated Italian Andrea Vavassori 6-2, 7-6(5) in the early hours of Wednesday. In the other match played on Wednesday, Kazakhstani Aleksandr Shevchenko beat Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 7-6(3) to advance to the quarterfinals, where he will face Frenchman Ugo Humbert. The Adelaide ATP 250 no longer has any Argentine players, as the only national representative, Francisco Cerúndolo, debuted in the second round and lost on Tuesday night to Spanish player Jaume Munar 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. The ATP 250 Adelaide quarterfinals are set as follows: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (1) vs. Valentin Vacherot (5), Ugo Humbert vs. Aleksandr Shevchenko, Tomas Machac (8) vs. Jaume Munar, Tommy Paul (2) vs. Aleksandar Vukic.
