ATP Roundup: Rafael Nadal advances to Barcelona Quarterfinals

2021-04-22 20:41:36 GMT+00:00 – Top seed Rafael Nadal survived another hat-trick on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open in Spain with a 6-0, 2-6, 6-0. 2 win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori.

The 11-time Barcelona champions, who came from behind a day earlier and defeated Ilya Ivashka of Belarus, saved 11 of 13 break points and eliminated Nishikori in two hours and 19 minutes. The Spanish star’s next opponent will be Britain’s Cameron Norrie, who was leading 6-0, 3-5 as No.8 David Goffin of Belgium retired (right leg).

No. 3 Andrey Rublev of Russia defeated Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4. No. 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defeated No. 14 Alex De Minaur of Australia 7-5, 6-3. In an all-Canadian duel, No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated No. 7 Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-3. No. 11 Jannik Sinner of Italy ousted No. 5 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-6 (9), 6-2. Also on the rise were Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman (No. 4) and Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spain) No. 6.

Serbia Open

Argentina’s Federico Delbonis defeated home favorite and fourth seed Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to advance to the Quarterfinals in Belgrade, Serbia.

Lajovic saved five match points before Delbonis ended the two-hour and 24-minute game. He meets Japan’s Taro Daniel, who beat Australia’s No. 7 seed John Millman 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

No. 3 Aslan Karatsev of Russia defeated Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia 6-3 4-6 7-6 (5). Italy’s Gianluca Mager beat Australia’s Alexei Popyrin 7-5, 6-2.

(Field level media)

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