Seventh-seeded Portuguese Joao Sousa saved two match points at 4-5 in the third set of a 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(0) comeback win over Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday at the Chengdu Open.
Sousa couldn’t convert a set point in the first set at 5-4, with Pospisil serving at 40/30, but battled to extend his FedEx ATP Head2Head record to 4-0 against the Canadian, who had led 5-2 in the decider. Sousa now meets Malek Jaziri, a 6-3, 7-6(5) victor over fourth seed Adrian Mannarino.
Bernard Tomic saved one match point to reach his second ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season. The Australian beat fellow qualifier Lloyd Harris of South Africa 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(6) in two hours and 12 minutes, saving one match point at 5/6 in the deciding set tie-break. Harris, who beat fifth seed Gael Monfils in the first round, struck 23 aces.
Tomic, who reached the Libema Open semi-finals at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Gasquet) in June, will next prepare to challenge Canadian lucky loser Felix Auger-Aliassime. The 18-year-old #NextGenATP fought hard to defeat second seed Hyeon Chung of South Korea 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and 37 minutes.
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