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The 25th-ranked player in the world, van de Zandschulp
encountered six double faults in the match in falling to world
No. 35 Fokina, who moves into the Round of 16 to face Jozef
Kovalik of Slovakia. Kovalik rallied to beat Max Hans Rehberg of
Germany 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.
No. 7 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia fell behind before
scrambling to victory, overcoming Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany
in the day's longest match (two hours, 16 minutes) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
(2).
Lorenzo Musetti of Italy also had to go three sets to get past
Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3, and Alex Molcan
of Slovakia downed Marko Topo of Germany 7-5, 6-3.
Swiss Open
Eighth-seeded Joao Sousa of Portugal was bumped out by
Switzerland's Alexander Ritschard in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, on
the first day of action in Gstaad.
In an all-Spanish duel fifth-seeded Pedro Martinez defeated
Carlos Taberner 6-4, 6-3, to move into the quarterfinals. For
Martinez, it marked his 10th victory over his countryman
Taberner in 12 career matches.
Federico Delbonis of Argentina downed Mikael Ymer of Sweden 6-4,
7-5, and Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic handled Tomas Martin
Etcheverry of Argentina 6-1, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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