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Alcaraz improved to 9-1 against fellow
Spaniards, with his only blemish coming in a loss to Rafael
Nadal. Alcaraz will face another Spaniard, Alejandro Davidovich
Fokina, in Friday's quarterfinal round. Fokina defeated Emil
Ruusuvuori in straight sets to advance.
Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Denis Shapovalov in
straight sets but No. 3 Casper Ruud dropped a straight-sets
decision to No. 15 Francisco Cerundolo on the clay.
Fourth-seeded Jannik Sinner advanced as did No. 8 Alex de Minaur
(walkover), No. 9 Lorenzo Musetti and 12th-seeded Daniel Evans.
Sprska Open
Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia made quick work of Juan
Pablo Varillas, needing just 70 minutes to dispatch the Peruvian
6-2, 6-2 in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Rublev will play local favorite and wild card Damir Dzumhur in
the quarterfinals. Dzumhur, from Sarajevo, upset No. 7 Richard
Gasquet 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (3) to advance. Gasquet was one of two
Frenchmen to be upset; No. 8 Gregoire Barrere fell to Serbia's
Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-0.
Lajovic draws countryman and No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic in the
quarters.
Fourth-seeded Miomir Kecmanovic and No. 6 Jiri Lehecka also
advanced with straight-set victories.
BMW Open
Third-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany was upset by Australian
Christopher O'Connell, the world No. 82, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in Munich,
Germany.
O'Connell draws the 208th-ranked player in the world, Flavio
Cobolli of Italy, in the quarterfinals. Cobolli bested German
Oscar Otte 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.
Top-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark defeated Germany's Yannick
Hanfmann 6-3, 6-4 to advance. Germans went 0-4 on the day.
Thursday's other winners included No. 2 Taylor Fritz, No. 4
Botic van de Zandschulp, Cristian Garin, Marcos Giron and Aslan
Karatsev.
--Field Level Media
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