Gasquet, Dzumhur Beaten In Budapest
Gasquet, Dzumhur Beaten In Budapest
Youzhny moves to within three match wins of 500 career victories
Richard Gasquet and Damir Dzumhur both made second-round exits on Wednesday at the hands of Italian opponents at the Gazprom Hungarian Open.
World No. 159 and qualifier Lorenzo Sonego recovered from a 2-4 deficit in the second set to beat third seed Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(4) in one hour and 43 minutes. Last week, Gasquet became the first Frenchman to record 500 match wins en route to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-finals. Sonego will next face fifth-seeded Slovenian Aljaz Bedene or fellow countryman and qualifier Matteo Berrettini.
Earlier in the day, lucky loser Marco Cecchinato lost just eight of his service points to beat Dzumhur, the second seed from Bosnia & Herzegovina 6-3, 6-1 in 60 minutes. Cecchinato won seven straight games from 3-3 in the first set to 4-0 in the second set en route to his third straight victory over No. 32-ranked Dzumhur. He will next play in the quarter-finals against seventh-seeded German Jan-Lennard Struff, who defeated #NextGenATP Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-4 in one hour.
Former World No. 8 Mikhail Youzhny moved to within three match wins of 500 victories when he won one game on Wednesday to complete his 6-3, 6-3 first-round win over Hungary’s Zsombor Piros. Their match had been suspended due to darkness on Tuesday night. Youzhny next challenges eighth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi.
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Top Seeds Make Early Exit In Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak knocked out top seeds Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-7 in one hour and 44 minutes for a place in the quarter-finals. Fourth seeds Matwe Middelkoop and Andres Molteni beat Hgo Nys and Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6(0) in 74 minutes.