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Sinner, a 21-year-old Italian, never previously
had defeated a player ranked in the top three in the world.
Tsitsipas, a 24-year-old Greek, is rated No. 3 in the world
after reaching the Australian Open final.
A dominating serving performance carried Sinner, who won 89
percent of his first-serve points (24 of 27) and never faced a
break point.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were third-seeded Felix
Auger-Aliassime of Canada, sixth-seeded Daniil Medvedev of
Russia and Alex de Minaur of Australia. The Netherlands' Gijs
Brouwer advanced when fourth-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark
retired due a right wrist injury while trailing 6-4, 4-0.
Argentina Open
Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles needed just 77 minutes to rout
fourth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-3 in the
second round at Buenos Aires.
In a match that featured no aces, Zapata Miralles offset losing
all three of the break points on his serve by converting seven
of his 14 break opportunities.
Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy eliminated Argentina's
Pedro Cachin 6-2, 6-3, and fifth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of
Argentina got past Spain's Jaume Munar 6-2, 6-1. Peruvian
qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas beat Austrian wild-card entrant
Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4.
Delray Beach Open
The top two seeds both cruised to second-round wins in Delray
Beach, Fla.
No. 1 Taylor Fritz of the United States topped Ecuador's Emilio
Gomez 6-4, 6-3 in 87 minutes, and second-seeded Tommy Paul won
an all-U.S. matchup against Denis Kudla, 6-3, 6-4.
France's Adrian Mannarino upset ninth-seeded J.J. Wolf of the
United States 7-5, 6-2, and Moldova's Radu Albot, the 2019
Delray Beach champion, downed Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 6-4,
6-4.
--Field Level Media
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