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Rinderknech had 23 winners to Goffin's 15, but
he was weighed down by 19 unforced errors. Goffin managed to win
26 of 31 first-serve points and is off to the quarterfinals to
face No. 16 seed Rinky Hijikata of Australia, a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
winner over Croatian Borna Coric.
In other matches, 15th-seeded Pavel Kotov of Russia beat
American and lucky loser Zachary Svajda 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, while
Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, the No. 10 seed, advanced to the next
round via walkover.
American qualifier Learner Tien also prevailed, defeating
Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4, 6-3.
No. 11 seed Alex Michelsen of the United States thrashed
Belgium's Zizou Bergs 6-1, 6-2, and Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta
got past Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
In the tightest finish of the day, the United States'
Christopher Eubanks edged 17th-seeded Russian Roman Safiullin
6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (8). Safiullin failed to take advantage of two
match points in the third-set tiebreaker.
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