ATP roundup: Jack Draper pulls off massive upset at Sofia Open

[November 09, 2023]  Great Britain's Jack Draper pulled off a 7-5, 6-2 upset of No. 1 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy on Wednesday in the second round of the Sofia Open in Sofia, Bulgaria.
 
Draper collected seven aces, won 31 of 35 first-service points and saved five of six break points to join Russian Pavel Kotov and Turkish wild card Cem Ilkel in ousting seeded opponents. Kotov was tied 3-6, 7-6 (4) with fourth-seeded Sebastian Baez before the Argentine retired, while Ilkel downed No. 6 seed Max Purcell of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

 Aug 16, 2023; Mason, OH, USA; Lorenzo Musetti, of Italy, returns to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Carter Skaggs-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Second-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-4, and third-seeded German Jan-Lennard Struff swept British qualifier Billy Harris 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Austria's Sebastian Ofner, the No. 7 seed, and Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, the No. 8 seed, also won their respective matches, as did fellow Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.

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Italians Fabio Fognini and Lorenzo Sonego both earned wins to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals in Metz, France.

Fognini, a wild card, rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) victory against fifth-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, while No. 6 Sonego swept Jordanian qualifier Abdullah Shelbayh 6-3, 7-5. Fognini still pulled off the comeback despite 19 aces from Bublik.

Other winners included Frenchmen Luca Van Assche and wild card Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Russia's Alexander Shevchenko.

--Field Level Media

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