ATP Roundup | Wawrinka, Tsitsipas and Tiafoe make the QFs at Stockholm, Antwerp and Almaty

Stan Wawrinka, at 39 years of age, has turn out to be the oldest participant to achieve the final eight of the Nordic Open in Stockholm, Sweden when he defeated Alejandro Davidovic Fokina 6-4 3-6 7-5 after battling with the Spaniard for two-hours and 12-minutes.

“I’m tremendous joyful to get via this match; it was a troublesome opponent at present, however the stage was good and it was nice to win two matches right here. It’s a tremendous ambiance, a full home. Thanks everyone for making a lot noise,” the Swiss veteran stated following his win.
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Wawrinka will face high seed Andrey Rublev, who opened his marketing campaign with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 win over Alexandre Muller, hitting 17 winners and saving the three break factors he confronted.

Earlier, Miomir Kecmanovic battled his well beyond Nicolas Jarry to achieve the quarter closing with 6-4 4-6 7-6(2) victory whereas the third seed Grigor Dimitrov, a former champion of the occasion (2013) closed the day’s play with a 7-6(1, 6-3 victory over Quentin and can meet Swiss Dominic Stricker for a semi-final place.

Dimitrov, presently tenth within the Race To Turin, is aiming to make a late-season push and qualify for the ATP Finals for the primary time since he gained the season finale in 2017.

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In Antwerp on the European Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pushed to the restrict in his opening match by Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. The second seed was stored on the defensive for a lot of the match however ultimately secured a spot within the final eight 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 warding off three break factors the eleventh recreation of the decider earlier than occurring to seal a hard-earned win after two-hours, 26-minutes.

“It was exhausting out right here having to remain within the match,” Tsitsipas stated following his win. “The comeback was loopy. When he was up within the rating, I managed to remain within the factors and defend effectively.

“It was all psychological on the finish, I managed my nerves fairly effectively. I don’t normally wish to construct my recreation round defensive photographs, however I needed to combat, I needed to do something inside my artillery to make it work.”

Tsitsipas arrange a quarter-final conflict with fifth seed Jiri Lehecka, who earlier eased previous Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-3 in 73-minutes

Zizou Bergs introduced the day to an in depth with 6-3 6-4 win over fourth seed Sebastian Baez to turn out to be solely the third Belgian to achieve the quarter finals in Antwerp after David Goffin and Ruben Bemelmans.

Bergs will subsequent face Marcos Giron, who earlier produced a gutsy exhibiting to edge previous Arthur Rinderknecht 7-6(6) 7-6(4) and attain his sixth quarter closing of the season.

Frances Tiafoe wss put via the mill by Dan Evans

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In the meantime in Kazakhstan Dan Evans crashed out of the Almaty Open however not earlier than he put the highest seeded Frances Tiafoe via the mill who ultimately secured his opening spherical win over the qualifier, 6-7(10) 7-6(4) 6-3.

“He was enjoying very well,” Tiafoe admitted after securing his win. “Within the first didn’t get damaged so my serve was an enormous a part of it. I served numerous aces at present, and I began coming into the online a bit of bit extra, taking a bit of bit extra threat, as an alternative of simply being affected person within the rallies.”

Tiafoe improves to 6-3 lifetime towards Evans and can face Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic within the quarter finals.

“He’s obtained an excellent serve,” stated Tiafoe. “I have to do among the issues I did at present, serve effectively, take my time on serve, and be the aggressor.”

The quarter closing lineup is now set in Almaty, with all 4 seeds reaching the final eight.