Fifth-seeded Alex Michelsen rallied for a second-round win Thursday on the U.S. Males’s Clay Courtroom Championship in Houston, giving U.S. gamers all eight quarterfinal berths within the occasion.
It is the primary time since a 1991 occasion in Orlando {that a} match will function an all-U.S. quarterfinal lineup.
Michelsen got here from behind to beat France’s Adrian Mannarino 6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-2.
Second-seeded Frances Tiafoe acquired previous Australia’s Adam Walton 7-5, 6-3, and fourth-seeded Brandon Nakashima downed Mackenzie McDonald 6-1, 7-5 in an all-American affair.
Christopher Eubanks received his first set 6-1 earlier than Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori retired because of damage.
The quarterfinals will include Jenson Brooksby vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic, top-seeded Tommy Paul vs. Colton Smith, Eubanks vs. Nakashima and Michelsen vs. Tiafoe.
Grand Prix Hassan II
No. 1 seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands wanted three units to advance to the quarterfinals, whereas No. 2 seed Lorenzo Sonego of Italy was ousted in Marrakech, Morocco.
Griekspoor wanted two hours and 23 minutes to dispatch Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-3, hitting 13 aces alongside the best way.
The Czech Republic’s Vit Kopriva, in the meantime, saved 6 of 10 break factors on his strategy to a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 win over Sonego in two hours and 42 minutes. Kopriva had fewer winners than Sonego (24-21) but in addition fewer unforced errors (40-35).
Two different Italians fared higher than Sonego on Thursday. No. 7 seed Luciano Darderi rallied previous Frenchman Hugo Gaston 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, and No. 8 Mattia Bellucci beat French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 7-5.
Tiriac Open
In a match postponed from Wednesday by rain, No. 1 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina completed off Canada’s Gabriel Diallo 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-2 in Bucharest, Romania.
Diallo had a 4-1 edge in aces, however Baez saved 5 of 9 break factors whereas changing 4 of 6 break-point alternatives.
No. 2 seed Pedro Martinez of Spain rallied previous Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur was a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 winner over Romania’s Filip Cristian Jianu.
Australian Christopher O’Connell toppled fourth seed Nicolas Jarry of Chile 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (5) — charging again from a 3-0 deficit within the third-set tiebreaker — and Marton Fucsovics of Hungary beat No. 7 Mariano Navone of Argentina 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
–Area Stage Media
