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Jenson Brooksby fired seven aces, saved 4 of six break factors and wore down Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in a 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 victory to advance to the quarterfinals of the Chengdu Open on Friday in China.
Brooksby, looking for his second ATP Tour title and his first since March 2025, broke Sonego’s serve within the eleventh recreation of the second set and served out to drive a 3rd set, the place the American dominated on his first-service factors (12 of 14) to cruise to victory.
Also Friday, France’s Adrian Mannarino downed third seed and defending champion Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 6-4. Mannarino fired 10 aces and saved all three break factors he confronted.
Mannarino will face No. 7 seed Denis Shapovalov of Canada, who was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Czech foe Vit Kopriva. Brooksby’s subsequent opponent will probably be Georgia qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili, who upset Dutch fourth seed Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 7-5.
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No. 2 seed Andrey Rublev wanted a tidy 77 minutes to dispatch Australia’s Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-3 within the Round of 16 in China.
The Russian smashed 12 aces and not using a double fault and superior to face Frenchman Hugo Gaston, who upset No. 7 seed Jaime Faria of Portugal 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. He saved 4 of 5 break factors to counter Faria’s 11 aces.
Fellow Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet additionally pulled off an upset when he dominated No. 3 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina 6-2, 6-3. His subsequent opponent, No. 6 seed Fabian Marozsan of Hungary, topped Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-6 (1).
–Field Level Media