No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic outlasted Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the Round of 16 at the Hellenic Championship on Tuesday in Athens.
In a neat coincidence, the Serbian Djokovic moved to Athens earlier this year, the same year that the ATP 250 tournament formerly held in Belgrade was relocated to Greece. Djokovic was right at home as he hit 13 aces without a double fault and never lost his serve against his Chilean opponent.
No. 6 seed Nuno Borges of Portugal rallied past qualifier Eliot Spizzirri 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, while Sebastian Korda charged back to beat Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Also, the Round of 32 concluded as Marcos Giron beat Spain’s Pedro Martinez 6-4, 6-1, German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann topped Bulgaria’s Ivan Ivanov 6-4, 6-2 and Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat qualifier Mackenzie McDonald 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a two-hour, 50-minute affair
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Lorenzo Sonego took down fellow Italian and No. 4 seed Flavio Cobolli 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to open the Round of 16 in Metz, France.
Sonego fired eight aces without double-faulting and broke Cobolli in the 11th game of the third set after the pair held serve through the first 10. Joining Sonego in the quarterfinals will be No. 7 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain, who fought through Frenchman Arthur Cazaux’s 18 aces to prevail 6-7(1), 7-6(7), 6-2.
The rest of Tuesday’s matches were in the Round of 32. Moving on were Germany’s Daniel Altmaier, Australian Aleksandar Vukic, Belgium’s Alexander Blockx and French lucky loser Kyrian Jacquet.
–Field Level Media
