Munar, Aliassime, Dellien enter QFs of ATP Rio Open

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Patna : World No 66 Jaume Munar, 21, Spain, and World No 104 Felix Augur-Aliassime, 18, Canada, have entered the quarter-finals of Rio Open, an ATP 500 points tournament at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 21, 2019.

Munar beat World No 62 Cameron Norrie, 23, Great Britain, in a tough three-set contest 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 in the Round of 16. Munar fired 5 Aces in the match to 2 by Norrie. Munar committed 6 double faults in the match to 7 by Norrie. Norrie broke Munar’s service 4 times while the latter broke his service thrice in the match. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match.

Aliassime beat World No 91 Christian Garin, 22, Chile, 7-5, 6-4 in the Round of 16 in 1 hr 46 minutes. Aliassime fired 6 Aces in the match to 3 by Garin. Garin committed 6 double faults in the match to 1 by Aliassime. The Canadian broke Garin’s service 5 times in the match. Garin broke Aliassime’s service thrice. Aliassime won 3 games in a row to 2 by Garin. Aliassime will face Munar in the QFs.

World No 113 Hugo Dellien, 25, Bolivia, defeated World No 114 Roberto Carballes Baena, 25, Spain, 7-5, 6-4 in the Round of 16 to enter the QFs. Baena committed 7 double faults in the match to 1 by Dellien. Dellien won 5 break points to 3 by Baena. Dellien won 8 games I n a row in the match to 4 by Baena.