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Also in the round of 16, fifth-seeded Grigor
Dimitrov of Bulgaria won in straight sets over Emil Ruusuvuori
of Finland, 6-4, 6-3, in one hour, 47 minutes.
Dimitrov had more aces (4-2) and winners (22-14) but also more
double faults (4-1) than his opponent. Dimitrov converted three
of nine break points, to one of three for Ruusuvuori.
Ugo Humbert, the 13th seed from France, dispatched Japan's
Yosuke Watanuki 6-0, 6-2.
A match between Christopher Eubanks and Australia's Jordan
Thompson was suspended by rain. Other matches scheduled for
Thursday night included local favorite and No. 2 seed Frances
Tiafoe against China's Juncheng Shang.
Generali Open
Austrian Dominic Thiem dropped serve in the opening game but
didn't lose a break point the rest of the quarterfinal match in
defeating France's Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Kitzbuhel,
Austria.
Thiem, formerly ranked third in the world, has not played in a
tour final since the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals.
He won 78.8 percent of his first-serve points (41 of 52) but
converted just two of 10 break-point opportunities.
Thiem is slated to play Friday in the semifinals against Serbian
Laslo Djere, the fifth seed who beat Argentine third seed Pedro
Cachin, 6-4, 6-2.
Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the top seed, lost the
first set before topping Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan 6-7 (6),
6-3, 6-4. Etcheverry faces countryman Sebastian Baez, who
eliminated Slovakia's Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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