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Mochizuki will look to continue his dream run
on home soil in the quarterfinals against Australia's Alexei
Popyrin, who outlasted Chile's Cristian Garin 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
in the Round of 16.
Fourth-seeded Alex de Minaur faced only one break point in a
6-0, 7-5 win against Argentina's Diego Schwartzman. He will face
Russia's Aslan Karatsev, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over China's Zhang
Zhizhen.
European Open
Frenchman Hugo Gaston, the 96th-ranked player in the world,
upset second seed Jan-Lennard Struff, ranked 27th, in the round
of 16 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Gaston emerged from a battle, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (11), despite
Germany's Struff having a 15-9 advantage in aces. Gaston
converted three of eight break points to just 4 of 16 for Struff.
Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece dispatched Botic van de
Zandschulp of the Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3. Fifth seed Yannick
Hanfmann of Germany eliminated Dominic Thiem of Austria, 6-4,
5-7, 6-4, and qualifier Maximilian Marterer of Germany defeated
Nuno Borges of Portugal, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
BNP Paribas Nordic Open
Elias Ymer won in his home country, knocking off qualifier Dino
Prizmic of Croatia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the Round of 16 in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Ymer is ranked 168th in the world, Prizmic 165th. Ymer converted
six of nine break points, Prizmic was 4 of 5.
The other three singles matches Thursday went two sets. Second
seed Adrian Mannarino of France downed Russia's Roman Safiullin
6-4, 6-4; Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic got the better of
Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1; and Gael Monfils of France
defeated qualifier Filip Misolic of Austria, 6-4, 6-3.
--Field Level Media
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