No. 3 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands
warded off an upset, downing Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 (3),
6-4. Serbian Laslo Djere and Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov also
came out on top in second-round action, eliminating American J.J.
Wolf and Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, respectively.
Playing on a protected ranking, Frenchman Gael Monfils bested
Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a first-round
match. Russia's Roman Safiullin also advanced to the second
round with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Brazilian Thiago Seyboth
Wild.
Japan Open
Marcos Giron knocked out No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway in 81
minutes to move into the quarterfinals in Tokyo.
The unseeded American struck nine aces and converted four of
seven break points, overcoming an 2-4 hole in the second set for
a 6-3, 6-4 victory. Up next for Giron is No. 8 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime
of Canada, a 6-4, 6-1 winner against Austria's Sebastian Ofner.
No. 5 seed Tommy Paul posted a 6-4, 6-2 win against Mackenzie
McDonald and will face another fellow American in the
quarterfinals after Ben Shelton rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
win against Australia's Jordan Thompson.
European Open
No. 3 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan swatted 11 aces to
cruise to a 6-4, 6-2 sweep of Frenchman Gregoire Barrere to
advance to the quarterfinals in Antwerp, Belgium.
Bublik won 26 of 30 first-service points and saved all three of
his break points en route to the victory. He was one of three
seeded players to earn victories Wednesday, joining
fourth-seeded Arthur Fils of France, a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) winner
over Estonian wild card Mark Lajal, and Peruvian eighth seed
Juan Pablo Varillas, who beat Russia's Alexander Shevchenko 3-6,
6-3, 6-2.
French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard ousted wild card
David Goffin of Belgium in another second-round match, while
Portugal's Nuno Borges and Botic van de Zandschulp moved past
the first round with victories.
--Field Level Media
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