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Despite Ymer winning 47 of his 59 first-service points (80
percent) and holding a 20-11 advantage in aces, Tiafoe
controlled both tiebreakers. He leapt out to a 6-0 lead in the
second-set tiebreaker and won it on his fifth set point before
cruising in the third-set showdown as well.
Tiafoe will face Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori in the quarterfinals
after Ruusuvuori swept Czech opponent Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-2.
Ymer's younger brother Mikael Ymer, meanwhile, took down eighth
seed Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-3 and will face top seed Stefanos
Tsitsipas of Greece in the next round. No. 5 seed Alex de Minaur
of Australia was a 6-4, 6-2 victor over J.J. Wolf.
European Open
Three seeded players bowed out during Thursday's second-round
action in Antwerp, Belgium, headlined by third seed Diego
Schwartzman of Argentina losing to Belgium's David Goffin 7-6
(3), 6-2.
Goffin served up six aces to Schwartzman's one and saved both
break points he faced in the second set.
Sebastian Korda took down Russian fourth seed Karen Khachanov
7-5, 7-6 (9). Korda rallied back from down 6-3 in the second-set
tiebreaker and saved four set points in all.
Austria's Dominic Thiem outlasted Argentina's Francisco
Cerundolo, the sixth seed, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5. Second seed Felix
Auger-Aliassime of Canada was spared, as he bested Frenchman
Manuel Guinard 6-3, 6-3.
Tennis Napoli Cup
No. 2 seed Matteo Berrettini beat Spain's Roberto Carballes
Baena and No. 4 Lorenzo Musetti defeated Serbia's Laslo Djere
7-5, 6-3 to ensure two Italians reached the quarterfinals in
Naples, Italy.
Elsewhere, Mackenzie McDonald and Chinese qualifier Zhizhen
Zhang each won two matches in one day to advance. McDonald beat
Italian qualifier Francesco Passaro 6-3, 7-5 before surprising
No. 3 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-4, 6-4.
Chinese qualifier Zhizhen Zhang beat Hungary's Marton Fucsovics
6-4, 7-6 (8) and outlasted No. 6 seed Sebastian Baez of
Argentina 7-6 (5), 7-6 (11). Zhang saved two set points in the
second-set tiebreaker against Baez before winning on his fifth
match point. Zhang and McDonald will meet in the quarterfinals.
No. 5 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia, Taro Daniel of Japan and
Daniel Elahi Galan also moved on to the quarters.
--Field Level Media
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