Cameron Norrie of Great Britain charged back for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 upset of Italian No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti in the Round of 32 of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Tuesday in Washington.
Norrie, a five-time ATP titlist and former Wimbledon semifinalist, has slipped to No. 41 in the world rankings, but that didn’t matter Tuesday, as he saved 9 of 11 break points while converting 4 of 7 chances to break Musetti’s serve. Next, Norrie will face No. 14 seed Brandon Nakashima, who beat Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-4.
No. 15 seed Gabriel Diallo of Canada also won 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 32 against Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan. Round of 64 action wrapped up with victories by Aleksandar Kovacevic, Zachary Svajda, Jaume Munar of Spain and China’s Yibing Wu and Yunchaokete Bu.
In three evening matches in the Round of 32, No. 4 seed Ben Shelton eased past Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-4; Brit Daniel Evans surprised No. 13 seed Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-4; and Corentin Moutet rolled past Alexandre Muller 6-0, 6-1 in a battle of Frenchmen.
Generali Open
Austria’s Filip Misolic had a 34-19 edge in winners and overcame 43 unforced errors in a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 upset of Argentine No. 5 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Round of 32 in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
Misolic will hope to continue his home-soil run when he faces Botic van de Zandschulp in the next round. The Dutchman outlasted Chile’s Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
France’s Arthur Cazaux also prevailed in three sets, hitting 10 aces and beating Ignacio Buse of Peru 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Other winners included Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild, German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann and Argentina’s Thiago Agustin Tirante.
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Third-seeded Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina needed two hours and 33 minutes to push past Italy’s Francesco Passaro 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 16 in Umag, Croatia.
Carabelli won 13 of 15 net points and advanced to meet Spanish qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over France’s Terence Atmane.
In a pair of Round of 32 matches, Croatia’s Dino Prizmic beat Denmark’s Elmer Moller 6-4, 6-2, and the Netherlands’ Jesper de Jong prevailed 6-3, 6-3 over Croatian Mili Poljicak.
–Field Level Media
