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Tiafoe was on a three-match tour-level losing
streak, dropping his openers in Madrid and Rome after losing the
final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. Against Munar,
he rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the first-set tiebreaker and
saved 4 of 6 break points in all.
Their match began Monday before being suspended by rain.
No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan needed just 69 minutes
to beat Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of
16. Russian Pavel Kotov is also on to the quarterfinals after a
7-6 (8), 6-1 victory over French wild card Alexandre Muller.
Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan nearly double-bageled his Round of
32 opponent, settling for a 6-0, 6-1 win over Germany's
Sebastian Fanselow in 62 minutes. Also advancing out of the
first round in straight sets were Italy's Luciano Darderi,
Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild and Frenchmen Hugo Gaston and
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
Gonet Geneva Open
Flavio Cobolli upset No. 4 seed Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 to
reach the quarterfinals in Switzerland.
Cobolli held serve throughout the second set before running away
with the tiebreaker and breaking Shelton twice in the final set.
Cobolli absorbed Shelton's eight aces and benefited from his
opponent committing nine double faults.
The other Round of 16 matchup ended in a walkover, as
Kazakhstan's Alexander Shevchenko advanced when Finland's Emil
Ruusuvuori withdrew due to illness.
In first-round action, Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic upset
British eighth seed Jack Draper 7-6 (6), 6-1. Other winners
include No. 6 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands,
Germany's Yannick Hanfmann, Canadian wild cards Denis Shapovalov
and Americans Alex Michelsen and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran.
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