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Djere took the second set with ease after
jumping out to a 4-0 lead, and the momentum carried over into
the third. Fognini found himself in a 4-2 hole, but he proceeded
to win the final four games of the set, clinching the victory on
his sixth match point.
Fognini was one of three Italians to advance on Wednesday, with
No. 4 seed Lorenzo Sonego defeating Sumit Nagal of India 1-6,
6-3, 6-4, and Matteo Berrettini downing Spain's Jaume Munar 6-4,
4-6, 6-3.
However, eighth-seeded Italian Flavio Cobolli stumbled to a 6-1,
7-6 (5) loss against Russia's Pavel Kotov. Kotov will face
Fognini, and Berrettini will play Sonego in the quarterfinals.
Millennium Estoril Open
Spanish qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 sweep
of No. 8 seed Dominik Koepfer of Germany in the first round at
Estoril, Portugal.
Llamas Ruiz saved 6 of 8 break points and capitalized on five
double faults from Koepfer to set up a second-round meeting with
lucky loser and countryman David Jorda Sanchis, a 7-6 (4), 6-1
winner over Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria.
France's Arthur Fils and Gael Monfils, the No. 5 and No. 7
seeds, respectively, both warded off upsets against wild cards
hailing from Portugal. Fils beat Joao Sousa, while Monfils
knocked off Henrique Rocha. Other winners Wednesday included
Botic Van De Zandschulp of the Netherlands, British qualifier
Jan Choinski, Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, Cristian Garin of
Chile and Spaniard Pedro Martinez.
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Top-seeded Ben Shelton shook off a slow start to beat Belgium's
Zizou Bergs 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round at Houston.
After dropping the first set, Shelton saved all five break
points he faced in the second set, and he never got Bergs a
break opportunity in the third.
Shelton was one of three U.S. players to reach the quarterfinals
on Wednesday, as seventh-seeded Marcos Giron and Brandon
Nakashima also advanced. Giron beat countryman J.J. Wolf 6-4,
6-3, and Nakashima downed Australia's Rinky Hijikata 6-1, 6-4.
In the day's biggest upset, Italy's Luciano Darderi outlasted
second-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 6-4, 2-6, 7-6
(4).
-Field Level Media
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