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Gasquet, ranked 82nd in the world, fell behind in the second-set
tiebreaker 2-1 when he failed to hold serve, but then he won
consecutive service points from Evans, a wild-card entrant who
is 27th in the ATP rankings. Form held until Gasquet wrapped up
the match, which lasted just short of two hours.
Top-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain, also a wild-card entry,
disposed of Dominik Koepfer of Germany in just over an hour,
6-2, 6-3.
Two other seeded players, Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and
France's Benoit Paire, also lost Wednesday. The ninth-seeded
Struff fell in straight sets to Ilya Ivashka of Belarus 6-2,
6-1, and Paire, seeded 12th, lost a 2-hour, 17-minute match to
Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Thirteenth-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States edged
Brazil's Thiago Monteiro 7-5, 7-6 (2). Spain's Carlos Alcaraz,
the 15th seed, pushed past fourth-seeded Marton Fucsovics of
Hungary 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Mikael Ymer of Sweden also advanced, beating lucky loser Max
Purcell of Australia 7-5, 6-2. The United States' Marcos Giron
rallied past France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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