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The top-seeded Shapovalov needed just 53 minutes to dispatch
Molcan and advance. Shapovalov will play Frenchman Arthur
Rinderknech, who rallied to upset No. 7 seed Alexander Bublik of
Kazakhstan 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 in two hours, four minutes.
Second-seeded Robert Bautista Agut of Spain swept Brit Andy
Murray 6-0, 1-1: No. 3 Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia breezed
past lucky loser Elias Ymer of Sweden 6-4, 7-5, and
fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia made it a sweep of top four
seeds, defeating Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-3,
7-5.
No. 5 seed Daniel Evans lost to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich
Fokina in three sets. No. 6 Karen Khachanov of Russia advanced,
as did Marton Fucsovics of Hungary.
Open 13 Provence
Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia had to rally to defeat
Richard Gasquet of France 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in Round of 16
action at Marseilles, France.
Rublev trailed 5-2 in the third set but was able to fend off
Gasquet for the win in two hours, 25 minutes.
Fellow Russian and No. 4 seed Aslan Karatsev advanced with a
6-3, 7-6 (1) win over Denmark's Holger Rune. Fifth-seeded Ilya
Ivashka of Belarus beat Italy's Stefano Travaglia 6-1, 6-3.
In the Round of 32, France's Lucas Pouille defeated No. 6 seed
Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Ninth-seeded
Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi beat Poland's Kamil Majchrzak 7-6 (1),
6-4.
Delray Beach Open
The seeded players in action Wednesday had no trouble in their
second-round matches, with all three advancing to the
quarterfinals in straight sets.
Top-seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain topped Germany's
Oscar Otte 6-3, 7-5. Fourth-seeded Tommy Paul of the United
States routed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-0, and
fifth-seeded Florida native Sebastian Korda got past Italy's
Andreas Seppi 7-5, 6-3. In a matchup of unseeded U.S. players,
Stefan Kozlov beat Steve Johnson 6-1, 6-3.
Paul and Kozlov will square off in the quarterfinals on Friday,
and Norrie will oppose Korda.
Rio Open
It was a rough day for Spaniards in Rio de Janeiro, with the
loser in all four second-round matches hailing from Spain. The
lone Spanish winner, Pablo Andujar, beat countryman Albert
Ramos-Vinolas, the eighth seeded, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3.
Italy's Fabio Fognini came from behind to oust fourth-seeded
Pablo Carreno Busta 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, and third-seeded Diego
Schwartzman of Argentina crushed Pedro Martinez 6-1, 6-1.
Another Argentinian, Federico Coria, topped Fernando Verdasco
7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4.
In the quarterfinals on Friday, Fognini will meet Coria while
Schwartzman will take on Andujar.
--Field Level Media
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