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The 27th-ranked player in the world, Coric saved nine of 12
break points while breaking Tsitsipas' serve three times in six
opportunities. Despite the loss, Tsitsipas served 14 aces
without a double fault.
Third seed Andrey Rublev of Russia also bowed out, with Grigor
Dimitrov of Bulgaria prevailing 6-3, 6-4. American Marcos Giron
also upset British seventh seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain
6-3, 6-4.
No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia had an easier time while
defeating Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-3, 6-3. No. 5 seed Hubert
Hurkacz of Poland outlasted Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 4-6,
6-3, and Italian sixth seed Jannik Sinner beat Francisco
Cerundolo of Argentina 7-5, 6-3.
Swiss Indoors Basel
No. 3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada needed just 49
minutes to defeat Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 in the
second round in Basel, Switzerland.
Auger-Aliassime had a 10-0 advantage in aces, never faced break
point and won an overwhelming 22 of 24 first-service points
(91.7 percent) in the rout.
No. 6 seed Roberto Bautista Agut knocked out Great Britain's
Andy Murray 6-3, 6-2, despite Murray saving five of nine break
points. Bautista Agut stayed in it by saving seven of eight
break points.
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka will face Bautista Agut in the
quarterfinals after the three-time Grand Slam winner outlasted
American Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Holger Rune of Denmark
and Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan also advanced.
--Field Level Media
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