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Struff struck six aces and only faced two break
points (saving one) during the 76-minute match. Up next is
compatriot Dominik Koepfer, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 winner against
three-time Munich champion Philipp Kohlschreiber.
No. 5 Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia cruised 6-2, 6-3 over
Brazil's Thiago Monteiro. American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald
upset No. 6 seed Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4. Uruguay's
Pablo Cuevas outlasted American Tennys Sandgren 7-6 (4), 0-6,
6-1. Other winners included Germany's Yannick Hanfmann and
Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan.
Millennium Estoril Open
Sixth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia held off 17-year-old
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in two hours and 14
minutes to reach the second round in Portugal.
Former Estoril champions Richard Gasquet of France (2015) and
Joao Sousa of Portugal (2018) experienced mixed results. Gasquet
was a 6-3, 7-5 winner against Argentina's Juan Ignacio Londero,
while Sousa was eliminated 6-1, 6-3 by Cameron Norrie of Great
Britain.
Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez upset No. 5 Alexander Bublik of
Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-0. Other winners on Tuesday included No. 7
seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain, Italy's Marco Cecchinato and
Frenchmen Corentin Moutet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
--Field Level Media
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