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Open 13 Provence (Marseille, France)
Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia cruised past French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to secure a spot in the quarterfinals. Playing his first match of the week after a first-round bye, Medvedev dominated his service games, winning 39 of 49 total service points and facing just one break point.
His next opponent will be Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, who battled to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory over French qualifier Hugo Grenier. Two seeded players exited the tournament Thursday: China’s Zhizhen Zhang edged No. 4 seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3, and Belgium’s Zizou Bergs beat No. 8 seed Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2 behind 13 aces and a perfect break-point defense.
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IEB+ Argentina Open (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Spain’s Pedro Martinez brought an emotional end to Diego Schwartzman’s career, defeating the 32-year-old hometown favorite 6-2, 6-2 in Schwartzman’s final professional match. The Argentine, a former World No. 8, had extended his farewell tournament by upsetting No. 7 seed Nicolas Jarry of Chile in the previous round.
Elsewhere, Brazilian Joao Fonseca stormed back to down Argentine lucky loser Federico Coria 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Two more matches remained in progress: second-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark took on Mariano Navone of Argentina, and No. 3 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy was set to face Corentin Moutet of France.
Delray Beach Open (Florida, United States)
Sixth-seeded Brandon Nakashima rallied to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over fellow American Reilly Opelka to book his place in the quarterfinals. Both players combined for 31 aces (Opelka 17, Nakashima 14), but Nakashima served nearly flawlessly in the third set, winning 16 of his 17 total service points.
Three more second-round matches were on the schedule Thursday: No. 8 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain vs. American wild card Mackenzie McDonald; No. 4 seed Matteo Arnaldi of Italy vs. American wild card Learner Tien; and top-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States vs. China’s Yunchaokete Bu.
