Richard Gasquet and Damir Dzumhur both made second-round exits on Wednesday at the hands of Italian opponents at the Gazprom Hungarian Open.
World No. 159 and qualifier Lorenzo Sonego recovered from a 2-4 deficit in the second set to beat third seed Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(4) in one hour and 43 minutes. Last week, Gasquet became the first Frenchman to record 500 match wins en route to the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-finals. Sonego will next face fifth-seeded Slovenian Aljaz Bedene, who beat Italian qualifier Matteo Berrettini 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4.
Earlier in the day, lucky loser Marco Cecchinato lost just eight of his service points to beat Dzumhur, the second seed from Bosnia & Herzegovina 6-3, 6-1 in 60 minutes. Cecchinato won seven straight games from 3-3 in the first set to 4-0 in the second set en route to his third straight victory over No. 32-ranked Dzumhur. He will next play in the quarter-finals against seventh-seeded German Jan-Lennard Struff, who defeated #NextGenATP Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-4 in one hour.
Former World No. 8 Mikhail Youzhny moved to within three match wins of 500 victories when he won one game on Wednesday to complete his 6-3, 6-3 first-round win over Hungary’s Zsombor Piros. Their match had been suspended due to darkness on Tuesday night. Youzhny next challenges eighth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi.
Top Seeds Make Early Exit In Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak knocked out top seeds Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-7 in one hour and 44 minutes for a place in the quarter-finals. Fourth seeds Matwe Middelkoop and Andres Molteni beat Hgo Nys and Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6(0) in 74 minutes.
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