Robert Lindstedt and Tiafoe shocked Soares and Murray in straight sets in the first round of the hard-court tournament. Tiafoe, who dropped opening-round singles matches at the New York Open and Delray Beach Open—where he was the defending champion—netted a positive result with some extra on-court time.
Rarely playing doubles, he followed up his opening singles win in Acapulco with his first team victory since last summer in Washington. But he then lost his next match to a fast-rising Mackenzie McDonald.
Lindstedt is now into his third quarterfinal or better in as many weeks. The Swedish veteran is off to a good start in Acapulco as he looks to continue his streak of winning at least one title a year—this time matched up with his Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis partner.