Peniston fired nine aces with just one double fault and won 46
of 59 first-service points (78 percent). Ruud bowed out despite
saving nine of the 10 break points he faced.
American qualifier Sam Querrey took down fifth-seeded
Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4. The only other seeded
player in action Tuesday, Italian No. 2 Matteo Berrettini, had
an easier time in defeating Great Britain's Daniel Evans 6-3,
6-3.
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka needed three tiebreakers to outlast
American Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5) in two hours
and 48 minutes. Lucky loser Denis Kudla, Argentina's Francisco
Cerundolo, Serbia's Filip Krajinovic, Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori
and the Netherlands' Botic van de Zandschulp also advanced.
Terra Wortmann Open
Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece battled through three
sets to defeat France's Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-3 in the
first round in Halle, Germany.
Tsitsipas arranged a showdown with Australian wild card Nick
Kyrgios in the Round of 16, as Kyrgios took down Germany's
Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 7-5.
No. 4 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, No. 5 seed Hubert
Hurkacz of Poland and No. 8 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia all
needed three sets to advance as well. No. 7 seed Roberto
Bautista Agut moved forward when his opponent, Hungary's Marton
Fucsovics, retired in the second set.
--Field Level Media
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