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Tsitsipas, of Greece, won points on 69 percent
of his first serves and cashed in five of eight break
opportunities to win in one hour, 38 minutes. In the next round,
he'll face Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, an upset 7-6 (4),
6-4 winner over Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, the 10th seed.
Rafael Nadal, a 12-time winner in Barcelona, was knocked out by
fourth-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia in straight sets.
Other seeded winners included No. 3 Casper Ruud of Norway, No.
14 Jordan Thompson of Australia and No. 16 Arthur Fils of
France.
Other seeded players did not fare as well, with No. 6 Ugo
Humbert of France and No. 9 Nicolas Jarry of Chile knocked out
in straight sets.
Tiriac Open
Alejandro Tabilo of Chile and Gregoire Barrere of France earned
straight-sets victory in Bucharest, Romania, where rain wiped
away the rest of the day's schedule.
Tabilo defeated France's Arthur Rinderknech 6-4, 6-3, and
Barrere got past Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-5, 6-3 in the
only completed singles matches.
BMW Open
Top-seeded German Alexander Zverev, slowed by rain and hail
delays, still rolled to a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Austria's
Jurij Rodionov in the second round at Munich.
Neither player broke serve in the first set before Zverev pulled
away in the second set. Zverev saved all four break points he
saved in the match to reach the tournament's quarterfinals.
Only one other match was completed on Wednesday due to the
inclement weather. Sixth-seeded Jack Draper of Great Britain
rallied past German wild-card entrant Rudolf Molleker 4-6, 6-1,
6-1.
--Field Level Media
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