Field Level Media
18 Jul 2025, 04:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images)
Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic rallied from down 5-2 in the second set and saved triple match point to force a tiebreaker on his way to upsetting Portuguese third seed Nuno Borges at the Nordea Open on Thursday in Bastad, Sweden.
Misolic surprised Borges 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3, flipping the momentum in his favor during the middle set and finishing with a 35-22 advantage in winners. He advanced the quarterfinals to face Argentine fifth seed Camilo Ugo Carabelli, who outlasted Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in a two-hour, 50-minute marathon.
No. 1 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina beat countryman Mariano Navone 6-3, 6-3. His upcoming quarterfinal foe, No. 7 seed Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina, rallied for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Frenchman Hugo Gaston.
EFG Swiss Open Gstaad
No. 2 seed Alexander Bublik won 80 percent (24 of 30) of his first-serve points and cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko in second-round action in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Fourth seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry wasn't as fortunate, as France's Arthur Cazaux took down the Argentine 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Cazaux smashed 16 aces past Etcheverry and saved 10 of 11 break points.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were No. 7 seed Francisco Comesana and Juan Manuel Cerundolo, both of Argentina, plus Swiss wild card Jerome Kym.
Mifel Tennis Open
In Tuesday's late-night action in Los Cabos, Mexico, the second, fourth and fifth seeds were shown the door in the Round of 16.
Australian James Duckworth took down No. 2 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-3, 6-4; Argentina's Juan Pablo Ficovich capitalized on his opponent's 10 double faults and 39 unforced errors in a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3 upset of French No. 4 Quentin Halys; and Australian Tristan Schoolkate took care of German No. 5 Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4.
Seventh seed Aleksandar Kovacevic and eighth seed Adam Walton of Australia advanced to the quarterfinals, which will begin Wednesday night. The four matches will include Russian top seed Andrey Rublev against Emilio Nava.
--Field Level Media
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