The ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco lost two of its top three seeds even without them hitting the court as Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul both pulled out of their respective round-of-16 matches due to stomach issues.

Top seed Alexander Zverev and fifth seed Ben Shelton were eliminated inside Arena GNP Seguros. Zverev went down to 19-year-old qualifier Learner Tien, 6-3, 6-4, while Shelton was on the receiving end of a 7-6 (3), 6-3 loss to David Goffin.

“I’m really happy for him,” Paul told the Tennis Channel BMW Desk of the part-time BOSS model. “He deserves it. “I go to sleep every night wanting to be Matteo,” he added with a laugh.

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Casper Ruud became one of the three top seeds to exit the Mexican Open due to a stomach bug, Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton also lost early in the ATP 500 tou