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The 58th-ranked American rebounded after losing
10 of 13 points in the final set before handing the 19-year-old
Tsitsipas his seventh loss in as many ATP-level matches.
"I think the entire match was very close and Stefanos played a
great match," Donaldson said after improving to 19-17 on the
year.
"Obviously, at 5-2 in the third set I didn't play a great
service game. It happens sometimes. I gave myself an opportunity
to win, I just didn't take it and I also thought I got a little
unlucky."
The American dismissed Tsitsipas in 2 hours, 25 minutes to set
up a match against either sixth-seeded Brit Kyle Edmund or
Australian Bernard Tomic.
Fifth-seeded Yuichi Sugita of Japan was leading 6-1 when
Croatian qualifier Mate Pavic retired after 22 minutes with a
muscular strain.
Sugita advances to challenge Brazil's Thiago Monteiro, a 1-6,
7-6 (6), 6-2 winner over 17-year-old Chinese wild card Yibing Wu
in two hours.
American qualifier Taylor Fritz lost just four of his
first-service points against Chinese wild card Di Wu in a 7-5,
6-1 victory.
"It was a really tight first set, but I handed it well," Fritz
said after his 63-minute win. "I'd really like to make it into
Milan and I know I'll probably need to win one of these
tournaments."
Fritz is currently No. 11 in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan for
one of the seven remaining berths at the Next Gen ATP Finals
from Nov. 7-11.
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