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Alcaraz converted 5 of 7 break points to
advance in just 63 minutes. The top-seeded Spaniard is trying to
successfully defend an ATP tour event for the first time in his
career.
Fifth-seeded Frances Tiafoe was upended by Finland's Emil
Ruusuvuori 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
All of the other seeded players advanced in straight sets at the
ATP 500 event, including No. 3 Casper Ruud of Norway and two
Spaniards -- No. 10 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and 13th-seeded
Roberto Bautista Agut.
Srpska Open
Seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet of France defeated Croatian
qualifier Dino Prizmic 6-3, 6-1 in the Round of 32 in Banja
Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Serbians Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic were both winners on the
clay. Qualifier Radu Albot of Moldova defeated Argentine
Federico Coria, who retired after dropping the first set 6-4.
Qualifer Abdullah Shelbayh of Jordan also beat Sweden's Elias
Ymer in straight sets.
Two matches were suspended by rain in progress with another two
shelved before they started.
BMW Open
German Oscar Otte scored a 6-3, 7-5 upset victory over No. 5
seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina on the clay in Munich, Germany.
Sixth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego needed 2 1/2 hours to defeat Quentin
Halys in three sets and No. 8 Marc-Andrea Huesler of Switzerland
also needed three sets to dispatch Kyle Edmund of Great Britain.
Other winners included Chile's Cristian Garin, Hungary's Marton
Fucsovics and Alexander Ritschard, Aussie Christopher O'Connell
and Austria's Dominic Thiem.
--Field Level Media
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