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Bedene saved all five break points he faced --
including three to hold at 4-4 in the first set -- and converted
his only two opportunities to break Tsitsipas. He closed it out
on his first match point, wrapping up victory in 92 minutes on
the hardcourt.
Third-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils had no such trouble, downing
countryman Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-1, but fourth-seeded David Goffin
of Belgium fell 7-6 (7), 7-5 to Italian wild card Jannik Sinner.
Seventh-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev dispatched Kazakhstan's
Alexander Bublik 7-5, 6-3, and Serbia's Filip Krajinovic also
advanced.
New York Open
Australia's Jordan Thompson overcame 22 aces by John Isner to
down the top-seeded American 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-3 in the Round
of 16 of the hardcourt tournament.
Thompson managed just two aces against one double fault himself,
but he saved all five break points and faced and finally broke
Isner in the third set. That was the only break of service in
the match, which lasted more than two and a half hours.
Third-seeded American Reilly Opelka, the defending champion,
collected 20 aces of his own in dispatching Japan's Yoshihito
Nishioka 6-4, 6-4 in 72 minutes. Seeded Brits Cameron Norrie
(No. 7) and Kyle Edmund (No. 8) had mixed results, as Norrie
fell to Taiwanese qualifier Jason Jung 6-4, 6-4, and Edmund beat
Germany's Dominik Koepfer 6-2, 6-4.
Argentina Open
Top-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina avoided an upset at
the hands of countryman Federico Delbonis in the Round of 16,
winning 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 on the clay in Buenos Aires.
Second-seeded Guido Pella and Facundo Bagnis also put on a show
in another all-Argentine matchup, with Pella prevailing 7-6 (2),
6-7 (2), 6-4 in a 3-hour, 13-minute match. Bagnis fought off two
match points to hold in the final set before Pella put it away
on his own serve.
The other two seeded players in action both fell. Argentine Juan
Ignacio Londero rallied past sixth-seeded Laslo Djere of Serbia
6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-1, and Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas seesawed past
Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
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