ATP roundup: Jenson Brooksby upsets John Isner in Atlanta

July 30 – Sixth-seeded Jenson Brooksby upset defending champion and second-seeded John Isner 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Friday in an all-U.S. matchup to achieve the semifinals of the Atlanta Open.

Isner, a six-time winner of the occasion, saved 4 match factors within the next-to-last sport earlier than Brooksby closed out his victory.

Up subsequent for Brooksby is a showdown with one other U.S. participant, Frances Tiafoe. The fourth-seeded Tiafoe bought previous eighth-seeded American Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 6-2.

Third-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur posted six aces whereas rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over France’s Adrian Mannarino to achieve the semifinals.

The 23-year-old de Minaur, who received the occasion in 2019, will face Ilya Ivashka of Belarus within the semis. Ivashka, 28, upset fifth-seeded Tommy Paul 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Croatia Open Umag

High-seeded Carlos Alcaraz received 81.3 p.c of his first-serve factors whereas cruising to a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis to achieve the semifinals in Umag, Croatia.

The Spanish teen subsequent faces Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri, who knocked off Spain’s Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5, 6-4. Zeppieri had a 6-5 edge in aces.

Second-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner beat Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4, 7-6 (5) to achieve the semis. Sinner will face Franco Agamenone, who defeated fellow Italian Marco Cecchinato 6-2, 6-1.

Generali Open

Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut received 70.2 p.c of his first-serve factors en path to a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas to achieve the ultimate at Kitzbuhel, Austria.

Bautista Agut led 5-2 within the second set earlier than the fifth-seeded Ramos-Vinolas made a cost and received the subsequent 4 video games. However Bautista Agut rolled via the subsequent sport and received the tiebreaker to advance to play both Austrian wild card Filip Misolic or Germany’s Yannick Hamfmann.

Misolic led Hanfmann 6-2, 2-6, 6-6 (1-0) when play was stopped on account of heavy rain, and the match will resume Saturday. Misolic beat Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 earlier Friday after their Thursday quarterfinal match was postponed a day on account of rain.

–Subject Degree Media

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