Sonego didn’t give the American the slightest chance. Tiafoe only got five points on the Italian’s serve in the entire match. Sonego also served eight aces.
Cerúndolo was similarly dominant against Auger-Aliassime. “I had more self-confidence today than in the past few months, that was the key. My level was extremely high,” said number 31 in the world about the coup. In the entire game he only allowed one breakball against the favorite Canadian.
Daniil Medvedev is also in the round of 16. The Russian benefited from the injury-related withdrawal of Slovakian Alex Molcan. Surprise man Quentin Halys from France is now waiting in the round of the last 16. The number 79 in the world rankings threw another local hero out of the tournament, Mackenzie McDonald (7:6 [7:2]6:3).
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His compatriot Christopher Eubanks fared better, beating Grégoire Barrère 6:3, 7:6 (9:7) and challenging Adrian Mannarino in the round of 16. The 34-year-old veteran defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7: 6 (7: 5) and 7: 6 (7: 0) in a tie-break thriller.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas had already celebrated entering the round of 16 on Monday evening European time. It was the Greek’s first appearance in the Sunshine State after benefiting from a bye in the first round and a surrender by Richard Gasquet in the second round.
“It almost felt like vacation here last week. I’m glad that it finally started for me. It was a difficult match against an opponent who had already shown against great players in the past,” said the 24 -year-olds after 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4 against Cristian Garín.
In the round of 16, the Russian Karen Khachanov is now waiting [14] the next difficult hurdle.
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