Second-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina produced hot streaks in both tiebreakers and emerged with a 7–6 (2), 7–6 (4) win over Spain’s Jaume Munar on Thursday in the second round of the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires.
The first-set tiebreaker was level 2–2 before Schwartzman won the next five points. In the second-set tiebreaker, Schwartzman won the first six points. Munar then saved four match points before Schwartzman sealed the victory.
Two more Argentinians joined Schwartzman in reaching the quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded Federico Delbonis defeated Spain’s Pablo Andujar 6–4, 6–4, and Francisco Cerundolo topped Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6–3, 3–6, 6–2.
Dallas Open
Both seeded U.S. players in action were pushed before advancing to the quarterfinals in Dallas.Second-seeded Reilly Opelka got past Germany’s Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7–6 (3), 7–6 (8) as Stebe squandered two set points in the second-set tiebreaker. Fourth-seeded Jenson Brooksby downed Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece cruised into the quarterfinals in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a 6–4, 6–1 rout of Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka.Tsitsipas finished with a 9–2 edge in aces, and he saved the only break point he faced. Ivashka won five of the eight break points on his serve.
Second-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia topped South Korea’s Soonwoo Kwon 6–3, 6–3, and third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime handled Great Britain’s Andy Murray 6–3, 6–4. The Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka rallied past the Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp 1–6, 6–4, 6–4.
