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The Frenchman advanced to the quarterfinals in one hour, 34
minutes on the strength of eight aces and a first-serve winning
percentage of 79 percent. In defeating Bautista Agut, ranked No.
16 in the world, Rinderknech posted his second career win over a
top 20 player.
Next up for Rinderknech is Laslo Djere of Serbia, who defeated
qualifier Zizou Bergs of Belgium 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
In another upset, Hugo Gaston of France ousted fifth-seeded
Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-0, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3) to reach
his first ATP Tour quarterfinal. He'll face Cristian Garin of
Chile, the fourth seed, who defeated Australian Marc Polmans
6-3, 6-0.
Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Top seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain survived a challenge from
home-country wild card Duje Ajdukovic 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday to
reach the quarterfinals in Umag, Croatia.
Ramos-Vinolas broke his seven-match losing streak with the win.
In the quarterfinals, he will meet Stefano Travaglia of Italy, a
6-4, 6-3 winner over Carlos Taberner of Spain.
Fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France reached his third
quarterfinal of the year by defeating Italian qualifier
Alessandro Giannessi 7-6 (4), 6-4. He will face Bosnia and
Herzegovina's Damir Dzumhur, who beat Italy's Marco Cecchinato
6-3, 6-1.
Mifel Open
Second-seeded John Isner of the United States fired 25 aces
while pulling out a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5) win over Russia's Evgeny
Donskoy in the second round at Los Cabos, Mexico.
Isner won 50 of his 55 first-serve points. Each player lost his
serve just once. The only break points of the match came in the
second game, when Donskoy erased three Isner break opportunities
to hold serve.
Joining Isner in the quarterfinals after earning second-round
wins were top-seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain,
fifth-seeded Jordan Thompson of Australia, sixth-seeded Steve
Johnson of the United States, Alex Bolt of Australia and U.S.
qualifier Ernesto Escobedo. Brandon Nakashima upset
fourth-seeded Sam Querrey in an all-U.S. matchup.
Third-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States edged Ukraine's
Ilya Marchenko 6-1, 6-7 (9), 7-5, finally prevailing on his
seventh match point.
--Field Level Media
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