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The top-seeded Serbian defeated Germany's
Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the
Gonet Geneva Open in Switzerland. He joined longtime rival Roger
Federer and Jimmy Connors in the 1,100 club.
Djokovic, who saved 10 of 11 break points, trailed 3-0 in the
second set before storming to victory in 89 minutes. He will
next meet Canada's Denis Shapovalov or No. 6 seed Tallon
Griekspoor of the Netherlands.
No. 2 seed Casper Ruud of Norway rallied to take the 4-6, 6-2,
6-2 decision against Austria's Sebastian Ofner. Alex Michelsen
knocked out No. 3 Taylor Fritz 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. No. 5 Sebastian
Baez of Argentina rolled 6-3, 6-0 over Spain's Roberto Carballes
Baena. Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic outlasted Nicolas
Moreno De Alboran 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.
Open Parc
Germany's Dominik Koepfer ousted top-seeded Frenchman Ugo
Humbert 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals in Lyon,
France.
Koepfer struck 28 winners and just 11 unforced errors and broke
Humbert's serve four times in a match that lasted just over two
hours. Up next for Koepfer is No. 6 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry
of Argentina, who led 7-5, 3-0 when Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild
was forced to retire.
On a day of upsets, Italy's Luciano Darderi beat No. 3 seed
Adrian Mannarino of France 7-6 (4), 6-3 while France's Hugo
Gaston eliminated No. 4 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 6-2,
2-6, 6-3 and fellow Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech knocked out No.
5 Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (7), 6-4.
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