ATP roundup: Alex Molcan upsets Pablo Carreno Busta at Hamburg
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 [July 21, 2022] Alex
Molcan rallied in the third set on Wednesday to post a 6-3, 1-6, 7-6
(5) victory over fourth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain to reach
the quarterfinals of the Hamburg European Open.
The Slovakian trailed 3-1 in the third set before recovering to win
the match. Carreno Busta, the defending champion, had 13 aces in
defeat.
Molcan next faces Croatia's Borna Coric, who notched a 6-3, 6-4 win
over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
In other second-round matches, Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik and Italy's
Lorenzo Musetti defeated Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 7-5. In
first-round action, second-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev defeated
Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-4.
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Swiss Open
Jaume Munar of Spain defeated Alexander Ritschard of Switzerland
6-3, 6-3 in the second round in the lone match completed amid rainy
conditions at Gstaad.
Top-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway and Dominic Thiem of Austria were
among the players who had their matches pushed back a day.
Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain was almost eliminated
before play was stopped but saved a match point. Peru's Juan Pablo
Varillas leads the match 7-6 (3), 6-5.
--Field Level Media
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