In a second round men’s match at Eastbourne, Argentine top seed Diego Schwartzman was sent packing by Slovakian Lukas Lacko.
The pair had never met before on the ATP Tour, and with his second ever win over a top twenty player (the other was in 2011 over Sam Querrey then ranked 17j, Lacko ensured Schwartzman would remain winless on grass at his seventh attempt.
In the opening set, although Diego was winning a greater percentage of points on his first serve than Lukas, it was the lower credentialed player who created all the break chances - six in all.
Schwartzman saved each of them, and with the single opportunity granted him, he converted to give him the lead 6-4.
Set two was relatively even but Lacko went after the Argentine second serve with greater success and broke twice from each chance given.
Schwartzman achieved one service break from his three possibilities, but insufficient to deny Lacko the second set 6-4.
In the decider, Schwartzman broke early, and came within a point of leading 3-0. However it was Lacko who controlled the remainder of the match, again winning multiple points off the Schwartzman second serve (59% for the set) and breaking serve twice for a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory.
Lacko will play Cameron Norrie in the quarter finals
Wildcard Cameron Norrie defeated lucky loser in qualifying Jay Clarke 6-4 6-3
Other men’s results
Marco Cecchinato (4) defeated Denis Istomin 6-4 4-6 7-5
He will play John Millman in the quarter finals
John Millman defeated Leonardo Mayer (5) 7-6(7) 7-6(4)
Mischa Zverev defeated Steve Johnson (7) 6-3 6-3
He will play Denis Shapovalov in the quarter finals
Denis Shapovalov (3) defeated Jared Donaldson 6-4 4-6 6-2
Mikhail Kukushkin defeated David Ferrer (6) 6-2 6-0
He will play Kyle Edmund in the quarter finals
Kyle Edmund (2) defeated wildcard Andy Murray 6-4 6-4
Eastbourne Women’s third round results:
Caroline Wozniacki (1) defeated Johanna Konta (13) 4-6 6-1 6-4
She will play Ash Barty in the quarter finals
Ash Barty (8) defeated Su-Wei Hsieh 6-0 6-4
Angie Kerber (4) defeated Danielle Collins 6-1 6-1
She will play Daria Kasatkina in the quarter finals
Daria Kasatkina (7) defeated Anastasija Sevastova (11) 6-4 6-4
Jelena Ostapenko (5) defeated Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-2
She will play Aga Radwanska in the quarter finals
Aga Radwanska received a walkover from Petra Kvitová (3) who suffered a hamstring injury in an earlier match which had slightly worsened. The twice Wimbledon champion was not willing to risk further problems with the Grand Slam event just around the corner.
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elise Mertens (9) 7-5 2-6 7-6(4)
She will play Karolina Pliskova in the quarter finals
Karolina Pliskova (2) defeated Barbora Strycova (14) 6-3 6-4
Antalya:
Remaining second round matches
Adrian Mannarino (1) defeated Ricardas Berankis 6-4 7-5
He will play João Sousa in the quarter finals
João Sousa (6) defeated Mirza Basic 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
Wildcard Gaël Monfils (4) defeated qualifier Blaz Kavcic 6-3 5-7 7-5
He will play Guillermo García-López in the quarter finals
Guillermo García-López defeated Robin Haase (5) 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(2)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Yuichi Sugita (7) 2-6 6-4 7-6(5)
He will play Damir Dzumhur in the quarter finals
Damir Dzumhur (2) defeated Marius Copil 4-6 6-4 6-4
In Wimbledon Men’s qualifying, the third round has been reached, and Italy has seven left, Australia has five, of the 32 to play for the 16 spots available in the main draw.
In Wimbledon Women’s qualifying, Russia has six left, USA has four, of the 32 to play for the 16 spots available in the main draw.
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