Erste Bank Open
Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic staged a comeback to defeat third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 in a two-hour, 31-minute battle to reach the quarterfinals in Vienna, Austria. Dimitrov recorded 12 aces and matched Machac’s 32 winners but made 21 unforced errors, putting his qualification for the Nitto ATP Finals at risk as he now sits 10th in the race for one of eight spots.
Machac will next face No. 7 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain, who defeated Luciano Darderi of Italy 7-5, 6-1. Russia’s Karen Khachanov rallied past Brandon Nakashima with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory, while Czech qualifier Jakub Mensik defeated Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 7-6 (7). No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia was up 7-6 (2), 3-1 when Italy’s Flavio Cobolli retired due to injury.
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Swiss Indoors Basel
In Basel, French qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard pulled off a significant upset, defeating eighth seed and two-time defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-1, 7-6 (6) to reach the quarterfinals. Mpetshi Perricard dominated with 22 aces and won 82 percent of his first-serve points. He will next play Canadian wild card Denis Shapovalov, who ousted Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Other quarterfinalists include third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, fourth seed Holger Rune of Denmark, sixth seed Ben Shelton of the United States, and seventh seed Arthur Fils of France, all of whom advanced with straight-set victories. Rune is looking to return to the final after finishing runner-up to Auger-Aliassime last year.
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