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Patna : World No 93 Guido Pella, 31, Argentina, upset World No 36 Fabio Fognini, 34, Italy, in straight sets in 2nd round of Western & Southern Open, an ATP Masters 1,000 points outdoor hardcourt tennis event at Cincinati, Ohio, USA, on August 18, 2021. Pella beat Fognini 6-1, 7-5 to reach the 3rd round of the event.
Pella won 4 break points in the match to 1 by the Italian. Pella fired 7 Aces in the match to 4 by Fognini. The Italian committed 6 double faults during the match to 1 by the Argentinian. Pella won 7 games in a row in the match to 3 by the Italian.
7th Seed & World No 12 Pablo Carreno Busta, 30, Spain, also reached 3rd round of the tournament after defeating World No 59 Dominik Koepfer, 27, Germany, in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in 2nd round winning 3 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. Both the players committed 2 double faults each.
9th Seed Hubert Hurkacz, 24, Poland, defeated World No 105 Andy Murray, 34, UK, the winner of three Grand Slam singles titles, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round to advance to the 3rd round. World No 13 Hurkacz hammered 17 ACes in the match to 11 by Murray. The Pole won 2 break points during the match to 1 by Murray. Hurkacz also won the tiebreak.
12th seed Felix Auger Aliassime, 21, Canada, defeated World No 30 Karen Khachanov, 25, Russia, in a three-set thriller 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in 2nd roundin 2 hr 52 minutes rallying back from one set down. The Canadian fired 13 Aces in the match to 6 by the Russian. Aliassime won 3 break point during the match. The Canadian also won 5 games in a row to 3 by the Russian. Khachanov committed 6 double faults to 3 by the Canadian.
World No 21 Grigor Dimitrov, 30, Bulgaria, defeated World No 38 Alexander Bublik, 24, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5 in 2nd round to reach third round. Dimitrov fired 8 Aces in the match while Bublikj fired 9 Aces. Bublik, however, committed 9 double faults to 5 by the Bulgarian. Dimitrov won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Bublik.