Great Britain's Jack Draper pulled off a 7-5, 6-2 upset of No. 1 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy on Wednesday in the second round of the Sofia Open in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sep 4, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Jack Draper of Great Britain hits to Andrey Rublev on day eight of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports/File PhotoNovember 9 -
Draper collected seven aces, won 31 of 35 first-service points and saved five of six break points to join Russian Pavel Kotov and Turkish wild card Cem Ilkel in ousting seeded opponents. Kotov was tied 3-6, 7-6 with fourth-seeded Sebastian Baez before the Argentine retired, while Ilkel downed No. 6 seed Max Purcell of Australia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Second-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-4, and third-seeded German Jan-Lennard Struff swept British qualifier Billy Harris 7-6 , 6-4. Austria's Sebastian Ofner, the No. 7 seed, and Hungary's Marton Fucsovics, the No. 8 seed, also won their respective matches, as did fellow Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.Italians Fabio Fognini and Lorenzo Sonego both earned wins to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals in Metz, France.
Fognini, a wild card, rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 , 7-6 victory against fifth-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, while No. 6 Sonego swept Jordanian qualifier Abdullah Shelbayh 6-3, 7-5. Fognini still pulled off the comeback despite 19 aces from Bublik.Men's tournaments in Dallas, Doha and Munich will be upgraded from ATP 250 to ATP 500 events as part of reforms to strengthen the 2025 calendar, the men's Tour body confirmed on Wednesday.
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