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The 22-year-old benefited from a fortunate
bounce on match point in the third set tiebreaker when Chardy's
forehand caught the net cord and was redirected out of bounds,
ending the three hour affair.
While Garin was rewarded for his never-say-die attitude, Chardy
was his own worst enemy, issuing 13 double faults including two
in the decisive third set tiebreaker.
Next up for Garin is a quarter-final meeting with Swiss Henri
Laaksonen, whose stout defense made the difference in his 6-4
7-5 win over American Ryan Harrison earlier in the day on the
red clay courts.
Upsets were in the humid Texas air as Norway's Casper Ruud
overcame 16 aces from fourth-seeded Reilly Opelka to claw back
to a 4-6 6-4 6-4 win to end the day's action.
Ruud converted his lone break point opportunity in the second
set and took advantage of a mistake-prone Opelka in the third
set to advance over the big-serving American.
Ruud will face Marcel Granollers in the quarters after the
Spaniard upset fifth-seeded American Taylor Fritz in the opening
round and crushed Australian Bernard Tomic 6-1 6-2 on Monday to
advance.
With Opelka eliminated only two of the 11 American who entered
the tournament are left -- top-seeded Steve Johnson and Sam
Querrey.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles, editing by Nick
Mulvenney)
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