Quarter finals set in Dubai and Acapulco

Not many surprises on Day Three but some close matches gave crowds value for money.

All quarter finalists were confirmed in Dubai and Acapulco with the winners of second round matches and half confirmed in São Paulo.

In Dubai:

Second round matches:

Wildcard Malek Jaziri defeated Robin Haase, but it took two tie breaks to make the quarter finals 7-6(4) 7-6(3)

Wildcard Stefanos Tsitsipas upset sixth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 4-6 6-3 6-4

Despite a poor first serve percentage in set one, Tsitsipas matched Kohlschreiber in just about every category, but the German player converted his single break point. The one chance for a Greek reply was saved by Kohlschreiber and the set was won accordingly 6-4.

Set two again saw a poor first serve percentage from Stefanos, but he won a terrific share of points on his serve.  

He didn’t face a break point but converted the only break point created on the German serve and levelled the match.

The deciding set was another chance for Tsitsipas to display his serving prowess, winning 17 of 19 points on his first delivery, and earning the only service break of the set.

A great win for the teenager, ranked 82 in the world, over the 33rd ranked veteran, 15 years his senior.

Roberto Bautista Agut (3) defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-7(2) 6-1

Borna Coric defeated Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4

Filip Krajinovic (7) defeated wildcard Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(2) 6-4

Evgeny Donskoy defeated Damir Dzumhur (4) 6-1 6-1

Yuichi Sugita (8) defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(4) 6-4

Lucas Pouille (2) defeated Karen Khachanov 6-4 3-6 6-3

This was some revenge for Lucas after his loss to Karen in last weeks Marseille final

In Acapulco:

Second round men’s matches:

Feliciano López defeated wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-4

Jared Donaldson defeated Matt Ebden 6-3 6-1

Hyeon Chung defeated qualifier Ernesto Escobedo 6-3 6-1

Kevin Anderson (5) defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4

Juan Martin del Potro (6) defeated David Ferrer 6-4 4-6 6-3

Dominic Thiem (3) defeated Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-3

Ryan Harrison defeated Diego Schwartzman 6-3 5-7 6-4

Sascha Zverev (2) defeated Peter Gojowczyk 7-6(6) 6-3

Second round women’s matches:

Sloane Stephens (1) defeated Arantxa Rus 5-7 7-6(6) 6-0

Stefanie Voegele defeated Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-4

Shuai Zhang (4) defeated Jil Teichmann 7-6(5) 6-4

Qualifier Rebecca Peterson defeated Monica Puig 6-1 6-4

Veronica Cepede Royg defeated Irina-Camelia Begu (5) 7-6(3) 6-1

Wildcard Dasha Gavrilova defeated wildcard Renata Zarazua 7-5 6-3

Lesia Tsurenko (7) defeated Arina Rodionova 6-3 6-1

Kiki Mladenovic (2) defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 3-6 6-3 7-5

In São Paulo:

Second round matches:

Leonardo Mayer (5) defeated Carlos Berlocq 7-5 6-4

Pablo Cuevas (3) defeated qualifier Sébastian Ofner 6-4 7-6(4)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez defeated Federico Delbonis (8) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4

Fabio Fognini (2) defeated qualifier Joao Domingues 7-5 6-1