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Top-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia cruised past
France's Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4.
The third seed, Ugo Humbert of France, also sailed through to
the quarterfinal round with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Pavel Kotov of
Russia.
Fourth-seeded Alexander Bublik had a tougher time in his match
against Marton Fucsovics of Hungary. The Kazakhstan native
overcame six double faults and rebounded from a first-set
misstep in his 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.
Also Wednesday, Alexei Popyrin of Australia notched a 7-6 (3),
7-6 (8), 6-1 victory over Frenchman Hugo Grenier, and Finland's
Emil Ruusuvuori posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Christopher O'Connell
of Australia.
Former World No. 1 Andy Murray of Great Britain fell in a tough
three-set match to Czech 18-year-old Jakub Mensik, who ousted
No. 5 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in the first
round. Mensik needed three hours, 26 minutes to beat Murray 7-6
(6), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4).
France's Gael Monfils eked out a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (2) victory over
China's Zhang Zhizhen.
Rio Open
Seventeen-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca posted the first ATP
Tour victory of his career, upsetting seventh-seeded Frenchman
Arthur Fils 6-0, 6-4 in the first round at Rio de Janeiro.
Fonseca, the reigning U.S. Open boys champion, is ranked No. 655
in the world. He became the first player born in 2006 to win a
match on the top men's tour. Fils is ranked 36th.
Fonseca never faced a break point and won 68 percent of the
points on Fils' second serve.
Only one other match was completed on Wednesday in a
rain-interrupted slate. Fourth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo of
Argentina routed Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2, 6-1.
Mifel Tennis Open
The United States' Alex Michelsen scored a second-round upset in
Los Cabos, Mexico, eliminating third-seeded Alex de Minaur of
Australia 6-4, 6-1.
The players' serves dictated the outcome, as Michelsen had a 62
percent first-serve rate while de Minaur put just 38 percent of
his first serves in play.
Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, fourth-seeded Casper
Ruud of Norway and eighth-seeded Jordan Thompson of Australia
all cruised to straight-set wins, while Portugal's Nuno Borges
got past seventh-seeded Max Purcell of Australia 6-3, 6-3.
Aleksandar Kovacevic of the United States also advanced.
In night action, top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany trounced
Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-0, and Australia's Thanasi
Kokkinakis downed Great Britain's Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-2.
--Field Level Media
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