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Second-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France
recorded a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Australia's Rinky Hijikata,
while French No. 3 seed Ugo Humbert beat Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4.
Also prevailing in the second round were No. 4 seed Mackenzie
McDonald, No. 7 Jordan Thompson of Australia, Alex Michelsen and
South African wild card Kevin Anderson. The latter just ended
his retirement to resume his playing career.
EFG Swiss Open Gstaad
Serbian qualifier Hamad Medjedovic outplayed former World No. 3
Dominic Thiem and produced a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victory in the second
round at Gstaad, Switzerland.
Medjedovic overcame nine double faults and had a 10-7 edge in
aces over the Austrian. He next faces fourth-seeded Yannick
Hanfmann, who beat Daniel Altmaier 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in an
all-German affair.
No. 2 seed Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia defeated Swiss wild card
Dominic Stricker 7-6 (4), 6-1. Kecmanovic next faces Belgian
qualifier Zizou Bergs, who outlasted Austria's Jurij Rodionov
7-6 (8), 4-6, 7-6 (4).
Nordea Open
No. 3 seed Lorenzo Musetti converted his seventh match point of
the third set to advance past fellow Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-3,
4-6, 7-6 (6) in the second round at Bastad, Sweden.
Arnaldi saved 8 of 12 break points and also recovered from a 4-1
deficit in the final set while threatening to post the upset.
Musetti will next face Austrian Filip Misolic, who beat
Slovakia's Jozef Kovalik 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a battle of
qualifiers.
Fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo, the defending champion, was a
6-2, 6-3 winner over Frenchman Luca Van Assche. Cerundolo will
face fellow Argentina native Federico Coria, who beat Swedish
wild card Leo Borg 6-4. 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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