Posted on May 19, 2021 at 10:38 p.m.
Aurélie SACCHELLI
Seeded n ° 3 in Geneva, Casper Ruud certified for the quarter-finals to the detriment of Tennys Sandgren. Young Dominic Stricker did the similar at the expense of Marton Fucsovics, as did Grigor Dimitrov in opposition to Ilya Ivashka. Arthur Cazaux, for his half, noticed the rain interrupt his match in opposition to Pablo Cuevas.
If the seeded n ° 1 of the event of Geneva, Roger Federer, disappeared from the spherical of 16, the seeded n ° 3, Casper Ruud, will be nicely at the rendezvous of the quarter-finals. The Norwegian, twenty first in the world, defeated Tennys Sandgren (67th) with out too many issues, 7-5, 6-2 in 1h23. Ruud saved the solely break level the American acquired… when he was serving for the match. He lastly had the ultimate say on his fourth match level. The Norwegian broke at 5-5 in the first set and 0-0 and 3-1 in the second to win and supply himself 1 / 4 in opposition to Dominik Koepfer, defender of Feliciano Lopez after a sport of two:18 ‘. Dominic Stricker, the day after his first victory on the ATP circuit, by no means stops! The younger Swiss participant, aged 18, took the finest between two showers on the Hungarian Martin Fucsovics, forty fourth in the world. If he noticed his opponent erase a break conceded very early, Dominic Stricker was ready to seize the alternative at the very finish of the first spherical to acquire the higher hand. Then, having managed to come again to peak after a stressed begin to the second set, the Swiss validated his ticket for the quarter-finals on the service of Marton Fucsovics (7-5, 6-4 in 1h38 ‘), with Pablo Andujar, striker of Roger Federer, who will be his opponent.
Dimitrov dominates Ivashka however acquired scared, Cazaux stopped by the rain
Seed quantity 4 in the ATP event in Geneva, Grigor Dimitrov was ready to cross between the drops to dominate Ilya Ivashka. Despite two break factors, the Bulgarian was unable to acquire the higher hand and then had to rule out a chance left to the Belarusian to acquire the higher hand on this first spherical. However, the twentieth participant in the world didn’t miss the mark on his first set level. In the course of, Grigor Dimitrov fully dominated his opponent who, with out having the ability to react, discovered himself led 5 video games to nothing. It was then that the match fully modified path. Serving twice to conclude and with two match factors, the Bulgarian failed to materialize and left Ilya Ivashka to revive. Indeed, the 91st participant in the world has returned to 5 video games at 4, serving to tie at 5 video games in all places. Grigor Dimitrov then absolutely regained his senses and put an finish to the suspense on the service of his opponent (6-4, 6-4 in 1h32 ‘). The rain didn’t enable Arthur Cazaux to go to the finish of his match in opposition to Pablo Cuevas. The younger French participant is nonetheless badly embarked after dropping the first spherical and having conceded the break in the second.
GENEVA (Switzerland, ATP 250, clay, € 481,270)
Title holder (in 2019): Alexander Zverev (ALL)
Quarter-finals
Andujar (ESP) – Stricker (SUI, WC)
Ruud (NOR, n ° 3) – Koepfer (ALL) beats Lopez (ESP)
Cazaux (FRA, WC) or Cuevas (URU, Q) – Dimitrov (BUL, WC, n ° 4)
Fognini (ITA, n ° 6) or Djere (SER) – Cecchinato (ITA, Q) or Shapovalov (CAN, n ° 2)
Round of 16
Andujar (ESP) beats Federer (SUI, n ° 1): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Stricker (SUI, WC) beats Fucsovics (HON): 7-5, 6-4
Ruud (NOR, n ° 3) beats Sandgren (USA): 7-5, 6-2
Koepfer (ALL) beats Lopez (ESP): 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-3
Cazaux (FRA, WC) – Cuevas (URU, Q) interrupted at 2-6, 3-4
Dimitrov (BUL, WC, n ° 4) beats Ivashka (BIE, Q): 6-4, 6-4
Fognini (ITA, n ° 6) – Djere (SER) interrupted at 3-6, 7-6 (2), 0-2
Cecchinato (ITA, Q) – Shapovalov (CAN, n ° 2)
1st spherical
Federer (SUI, n ° 1) – Bye
Andujar (ESP) beats Thompson (AUS): 6-0, 6-4
Stricker (SUI, WC) beats Cilic (CRO): 7-6 (5), 6-1
Fucsovics (HON) beats Laaksonen (SUI, Q): 7-5, 7-5
Ruud (NOR, n ° 3) – Bye
Sandgren (USA) beats Caruso (ITA): 6-3, 6-4
Lopez (ESP) beats Altmaier (ALL, LL): 7-6 (5), 6-4
Koepfer (ALL) bat Pair (FRA, n ° 7) : 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-4
Cazaux (FRA, WC) bat Mannarino (FRA, n ° 8) : 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
Cuevas (URU, Q) beats Opelka (USA): 7-6 (5), 6-2
Ivashka (BIE, Q) beats Verdasco (ESP): 7-6 (5), 6-4
Dimitrov (BUL, WC, n ° 4) – Bye
Fognini (ITA, n ° 6) beats Pella (ARG): 6-2, 6-2
Djere (SER) beats Monteiro (BRE): 6-7 (7), 6-3, 7-5
Cecchinato (ITA, Q) beats Travaglia (ITA): 6-3, 3-0 retirement
Shapovalov (CAN, n ° 2) – Bye
