the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas made his debut with a solid 6-3 6-4 win over Serbian Filip Krajnovic and will play in the round of 16 with Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
Instead, Australian Nick Kyrgios was eliminatedrecent champion in Washington, who was defeated authoritatively 6-3, 6-2 by American Taylor Fritz, this year’s champion in Indian Wells.
Canadian Denis Shapovalov advancedwho came back from 1-4 down in the second set to beat American Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, to meet Russian Daniil Medvedev in the round of 16.
In the female box, the Polish Iga Swiatek, number 1 in the WTA ranking, won this Wednesday 6-4 and 7-5 against the American Sloane Stephens and added his 50th victory to his extraordinary season, in which he has already won six titles.
Swiatek left the early elimination suffered in Toronto, the work of Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, and triumphed over Stephens to stand in round of 16, where they will face American Madison Keyswho defeated Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 7-5.
The Pole, entering a tournament as the top seed for the eighth time, battle this week for his seventh title of the year, numbers not seen since 2014with the American Serena Williams as the star.
In this campaign, Swiatek conquered Roland Garros, Rome, Stuttgart, Miami, Indian Wells and Doha.
The tournament was lost to Romanian Simona Halepwho withdrew due to injury before facing Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova.
So, Kudermetova is in the round of 16, where she will face Australian Ajla Tomlianovic, who beat Paula Badosa 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-2 in two hours and 26 minutes.
Results of the day
Second round
Robert Baptist to Marcos Girón 6-3, 6-3
Borna Coric a Rafael Nadal 7-6 (9/11), 4-6, 6-3 Denis Shapovalov d. Tommy Paul 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Taylor Fritz d. Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 6-2
Andrey Rublev beat Fabio Fognini 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-4
Sebastian Korda beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
John Isner d. Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 6-2
Ben Shelton d. Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3
Cameron Norrie defeated Andy Murray 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alex De Minaur 6-3, 6-2
Jannik Sinner d. Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 3-1 (abandoned)
Source: La Verdad
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