ATP roundup: American Jenson Brooksby wins at Newport, R.I., grass
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[July 13, 2021]
American Jenson Brooksby took
down Russian Evgeny Donskoy 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the second
round at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I.
Brooksby, 20, delivered on 67 percent of his first serves
(40-for-60) to Donskoy's 54 percent, and won 33 of those 40
first-serve points at the grass-court event.
Brooksby will take on Denis Kudla, who stopped sixth-seeded American
Steve Johnson 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4.
Also Monday, South Africa's Kevin Anderson, the No. 8 seed and a
2018 Wimbledon finalist, topped Ukrainian Illya Marchenko 7-5, 6-3
and Japan's Yuichi Sugita eliminated Austrian Jurij Rodionov 7-5,
6-3. Australian Jordan Thompson also advanced after German Cedrik-Marcel
Stebe retired down 5-4 in the first set.
Hamburg European Open
Wild card Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany defeated Spain's Jaume
Munar 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the first round of the Hamburg European Open
in Germany.
Trailing 5-4 in the first set, Kohlschreiber saved three set points.
France's Benoit Paire beat Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, who retired
with the first set tied at six, and Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild
rallied to take down Spain's Nicola Kuhn 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 for his first
tour-level win.
Nordea Open
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Jenson Brooksby of the United States
returns a shot against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in a second
round match on day four of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit:
Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Italian Marco Cecchinato defeated No.
5 seed Richard Gasquet 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 at the Nordea Open in Bastad,
Sweden, in the Round of 32.
Cecchinato, 28, served 11 aces to
Gasquet's four, and saved seven of nine break points.
Sweden's Elias Ymer turned back Taro Daniel of Japan 6-2, 6-7 (6),
6-4, and Germany's Yannick Hanfmann beat Brazilian Thiago Monteiro
6-2, 7-5.
--Field Level Media
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