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Top-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev and
second-seeded Jannik Sinner have previously qualified for the
Nitto Finals. Medvedev beat Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 3-6, 6-2,
6-4 on Thursday, while Sinner won a battle of Italians with a
6-2, 6-4 win over lucky loser Lorenzo Sonego.
Croatian wild card Borna Gojo had 22 winners and five unforced
errors while upsetting sixth-seeded Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4.
Fourth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas outlasted qualifier Tomas
Machac of the Czech Republic 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, and seventh-seeded
Frances Tiafoe rallied for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 triumph over France's
Gael Monfils.
Swiss Indoors Basel
Dominic Stricker, qualifier Alexander Shevchenko, Tallon
Griekspoor and Ugo Humbert all recorded second-round upsets in
Switzerland.
Stricker of Switzerland delivered 13 aces while producing a 6-4,
3-6, 7-6 (1) upset of second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway.
Shevchenko, from Russia, had 40 winners and just eight unforced
errors while outlasting third-seeded Taylor Fritz 6-7 (7), 7-6
(6), 7-6 (5).
Griekspoor of the Netherlands need just 84 minutes to complete a
6-4, 6-3 win over Australia's Alex de Minaur, the No. 5 seed.
France's Humbert advanced with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) win over No. 7
Nicolas Jarry of Chile.
Top-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark beat Argentina's Sebastian
Baez 7-6 (2), 6-1. Sixth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada
cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dutch qualifier Botic van de
Zandschulp.
--Field Level Media
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