Third-seeded John Isner outlasted South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in a matchup of veteran hard-servers on Wednesday, prevailing 7-6 (1), 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5) in the second round of the Dallas Open.
Isner, a 36-year-old North Carolina native, fired 30 aces and three double faults. He never faced a break point in the match. Anderson, 35, amassed 26 aces and six double faults. He saved the match’s lone break point early in the first set.
Top-seeded Taylor Fritz won an all-American second-round matchup against Jack Sock, 6-1, 6-4.
Joining Isner and Fritz in the quarterfinals are seventh-seeded Marcos Giron of the United States, who rallied past Great Britain’s Liam Broady 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, and Australia’s Jordan Thompson, who knocked out eighth-seeded Brandon Nakashima of the United States 7-5, 7-6 (1).
Fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France and Andreas Seppi of Germany both won first-round matches.
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada came from behind to top Belarus’ Egor Gerasimov 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Auger-Aliassime prevailed despite putting just 59 percent of his first serves in play. He moves on to a second-round matchup against wild-card entrant Andy Murray of Great Britain. Murray got past Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik 7-6 (6), 6-4.
In second-round action, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti knocked out fourth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, and sixth-seeded Cameron Norrie of Great Britain beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-6 (5). South Korea’s Soon Woo Kwon, Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka and Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics earned first-round wins.
Argentina Open
Argentina’s Federico Coria upset fifth-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Next up for Coria is a quarterfinal matchup against top-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway, who dispatched Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Another quarterfinal pairing will feature third-seeded Lorenzo Sonego of Italy, who beat Sebastian Baez of Argentina 6-3, 6-3, going up against Spain’s Fernando Verdasco, who edged Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
–Field Level Media
