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After falling behind 5-2 at the start and
losing the first set in a tiebreaker, Berrettini pulled off a
6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4 win.
"It was a very difficult first set, I didn't play so well,"
Berrettini said, according to Reuters. "But then I improved my
performance in the second set and I think I played very well in
the third."
Also advancing to the quarterfinals in Sofia was fourth-seeded
Roberto Bautista Agut. The Spaniard defeated Australia's Matthew
Ebden 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Sixth-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Bulgarian qualifier
Alexandar Lazarov 6-2, 6-1, while eighth-seeded Italian Andreas
Seppi lost 6-2, 7-6 (2) to Hungary's Marton Fucsovics in
first-round action. Slovakia's Martin Klizan and Kazakhstan's
Mikhail Kukushkin also won first-round matches.
Open Sud de France
Filip Krajinovic booked a quarterfinal place by upsetting
second-seeded Belgian David Goffin 6-4, 6-4 in the second round
at Montpellier, France.
Krajinovic put 72 percent of his first serves in play compared
to 52 percent for Goffin, and the Serbian saved all four of the
break points he faced.
In a pair of all-French second-round matchups, Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga got past fourth-seeded Gilles Simon 6-2, 7-6 (3), and
sixth-seeded Jeremy Chardy defeated qualifier Antoine Hoang 6-3,
7-5. The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych got past eighth-seeded
Benoit Paire of France 6-2, 6-0.
Moldova's Radu Albot, Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis and Belarus' Ilya
Ivashka won the final three first-round matches.
Cordoba Open
Two Argentinian players won the only two singles matches of the
day in Cordoba, Argentina.
Qualifier Pedro Cachin advanced when fourth-seeded Pablo Carreno
Busta retired due to a shoulder injury while trailing 1-0 in the
second set. Carreno Busta had won the first set 7-6 (3).
Juan Ignacio Londero posted a 7-5, 6-3 win over Italy's Lorenzo
Sonego.
--Field Level Media
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