French qualifier Valentin Royer ousted No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Saturday at the Lynx & Co Hangzhou Open in China.
It was the opener for Rublev, who had a first-round bye. For Royer, it was his first win over a Top 20 opponent, fueled by 32 winners to 19 for the Russian.
Royer advanced to the quarterfinals and will play Learner Tien, who defeated Italian Giulio Zeppieri 6-4, 6-3. Also moving into the quarters were third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, who came from behind to beat Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4 in two hours, 13 minutes.
Corentin Moutet of France and Tomas Martin Etcheverry will face off in another quarterfinal. Fourth-seeded Moutet eliminated fellow Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (3). Etcheverry, of Argentina, sent Australian Rinky Hijikata packing 6-1, 6-4.
Yibing Wu defeated dropped the first set but came back to defeat Sebastian Korda 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Czech Dalibor Svrcina eliminated China’s Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-3.
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Taro Daniel of Japan and Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan advanced to the quarterfinals in upsets in Chengdu, China.
Daniel topped third seed Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to move on to his first quarterfinal since Auckland in January 2024. He will play Shevchenko, who took out sixth seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Top seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy needed three sets to knock out Serbia’s Dino Prizmic 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Musetti had 10 aces and 11 unforced errors. Next up for Musetti is qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia, who topped Mackenzie McDonald 6-2, 7-6 (4).
–Field Level Media
