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Patna : Third seed Ugo Humbert, 22, France, Sixth seed Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, and 8th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 21, Spain, reached the quarter-finals of Millennium Estoril Open, an ATP 250 points clay court tournament, at Estoril, Portugal, on April 28, 2021.
World No 31 Ugo Humbert beat World No 94 Marco Cecchinato, 28, Italy, in a three-set battle 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in 2nd round in 1hr 51 minutes. The Frenchman won 3 break points during the match to 2 by the Italian. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. Humbert, in all, won 88 points during the match to 79 by Cecchinato.
World No 42 Marin Cilic battled past qualifier Nuno Borges, 24, Portugal, the World No 331, in three-sets 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 in 2nd round in 2hr 23 minutes rallying back from one set down. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Borges. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. Cilic won 110 points during the match to 101 by Borges. Cilic will face World No 105 Kevin Anderson, 34, South Africa, in QFs on April 30, 2021.
World No 48 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat World No 51 Jeremy Chardy, 34, France, 6-1, 6-2 in 2nd round in 55 minutes. Fokina won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Chardy. The Spainiard won 5 games in a row to 3 by Chardy. Fokina, in all, won 58 points during the match to 33 by Chardy. Fokina will face Humbert in QFs on April 30, 2021.