Thursday, 1 March 2018

Dimitrov exits in Dubai 1st round

Day Two claimed upsets in both Dubai and Acapulco.

Top seed Grigor Dimitrov was bounced out of Dubai by wildcard Malek Jaziri, ranked 117, 4-6 7-5 6-4.

Richard Gasquet (5) was the other seed to fall, beaten by Borna Coric 6-4 6-3.

Acapulco wasn’t the best for the US, wildcard Jack Sock (4) continuing an ordinary start to 2018, dismissed by qualifier Ernesto Escobedo 7-5 7-6(3).

Sam Querrey (7) joined Sock in the exit queue, Matt Ebden prevailing 6-3 1-6 7-6(5).

Dubai:

Remaining first round matches 

Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeated Joao Sousa 4-6 6-4 7-6(8)

Filip Krajinovic (7) defeated Thomas Fabbiano 0-6 6-2 6-2

Evgeny Donskoy defeated lucky loser in qualifying Blaz Kavcic 6-3 6-4

Damir Dzumhur (4) defeated qualifier Yannick Maden 6-3 6-4

Yuichi Sugita (8) defeated Ilya Ivashka 7-5 6-1

Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-2 6-4

Karen Khachanov defeated Denis Istomin 7-6(1) 7-6(0)

Lucas Pouille (2) defeated qualifier Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-4

Acapulco:

Remaining men’s first round matches

Feliciano López defeated lucky loser in qualifying Taro Daniel 4-6 6-3 6-4

Wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated qualifier Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3

Hyeon Chung defeated Donald Young 7-6(5) 6-1

Adrian Mannarino defeated qualifier Ricardas Berankis 7-5 6-1

Juan Martin del Potro (6) defeated Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-2

Denis Shapovalov defeated Kei Nishikori 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1

Dominic Thiem (3) defeated qualifier Cameron Norrie 6-3 5-7 7-5

Diego Schwartzman defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-4

Peter Gojowczyk defeated wildcard Lucas Gomez 6-3 6-2

Sascha Zverev (2) defeated Mackenzie McDonald 6-3 7-5

Remaining women’s first round matches 

Sloane Stephens (1) defeated Pauline Parmentier 6-4 6-0, her first win since the 2017 US Open final.

Qualifier Arantxa Rus defeated wildcard Kayla Day 4-6 6-1 6-0

Maria Sakkari defeated Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 7-6(1)

Stefanie Voegele defeated Tatjana Maria (8) 6-2 7-5

Shuai Zhang (4) defeated qualifier Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-1

Jil Teichmann defeated qualifier Jana Fett 7-5 7-5

Qualifier Rebecca Peterson defeated Alize Cornet (6) 6-2 6-4

Wildcard Renata Zarazua defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-4

Beatriz Haddad Maia defeated Heather Watson 7-5 4-6 6-1

Kiki Mladenovic (2) defeated qualifier Amandine Hesse 6-2 6-2

São Paulo:

Remaining first round matches 

Qualifier Guilherme Clezar defeated wildcard Thiago Monteiro 6-3 1-6 7-5

Nicolas Jarry defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-4 1-6 7-5

Guido Pella (6) defeated wildcard Corentin Moutet 4-6 6-1 6-2

Horacio Zeballos defeated Thomaz Bellucci 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3

Nicolas Kicker defeated Víctor Estrella Burgos 7-6(5) 6-3

Rogerio Dutra defeated Tennys Sandgren (7) 6-0 6-4

Qualifier Sébastian Ofner defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-3 6-3

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