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 Despite notching eight aces to none and winning 86 percent of
points on his first serve, ninth seed Querrey won just six of 26
second serve points to be ousted by the world No. 94.
It wasn’t the only shock of the second round with sixth seed Denis
Istomin of Uzbekistan taken out by Slovakia’s world number 91 Lukas
Lacko 5-7 6-1 6-4.
Lacko saved eight of 12 break points to catapult him towards victory
as Istomin could only save one of seven.
 In other second round matches fourth seed Canadian Vasek Pospisil
beat qualifier Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 7-5 6-3 to set up a date
with Sela, while 21-year-old American Jack Sock took out New
Zealand’s Michael Venus 6-4 6-2 to advance to a third round
encounter with Lacko.
"Obviously the summer is going pretty well so far," Sock told
reporters as he primes himself ahead of the US Open. "I won some
matches at the French (Open), Wimbledon was a great showing for me,
Newport winning three matches and two matches here so far, so
confidence is probably the highest it has ever been."
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Earlier Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun, the seventh seed, completed the first
round with a 6-4 6-4 win over American Alex Kuznetsov.
(Reporting by Ben Everill in Los Angeles. Editing by Patrick
Johnston)
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