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Giron, ranked No. 94, took down the 14th-ranked
Goffin 6-3, 7-5 in 1 hour, 40 minutes. The win propelled Giron
into the quarterfinals where he will next face No. 8 seed Alex
de Minaur.
In other round-of-16 action Thursday, No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov
of Russia escaped wildcard Zizou Bergs of Belgium 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
No. 5 seed Canadian Milos Raonic moved past Englishman Cameron
Norrie 7-5, 7-6 (4), and qualifier Lloyd Harris of South Africa
upset No. 7 seed Taylor Fritz 7-5, 7-6 (3).
Khachanov will next face Britain's Daniel Evans in the
quarterfinals, Raonic will square off versus Bulgaria's Grigor
Dimitrov and Harris will take on Frenchman Ugo Humbert.
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No. 2 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina moved into the
quarterfinals in Cologne, Germany, with a 6-3, 6-2 sweep of
Belgium's Oscar Otte. Schwartzman won 47 percent of his return
points and notched three service breaks in his one-hour,
20-minute victory.
Canadian No. 3 seed Denis Shapovalov was upset in three sets by
Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. No. 7 seed Jan-Lennard
Struff of Belgium was also knocked out Thursday, falling to
Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Italian wildcard
Jannik Sinner eased past French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert,
6-3, 6-1.
Schwartzman will take on Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in
quarterfinal action, while Simon will next face Sinner. Nishioka
will next faceCanadian No. 5 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.
--Field Level Media
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