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Patna : Top seed Adrian Mannarino, 32, France, 6th seed Radu Albot, 31, Moldova, 8th seed Kwon Soos-woo, 23, South Korea, and unseeded Matthew Ebden, 33, Australia, reached the quarter-finals of Singapore Tennis Open at Singapure on February 25, 2021.
World No 35 Mannarino beat World No 191 Roberto Marcora, 31, Italy, in straight sets 6-3, 7-5 in 2nd round on February 25, 2021, winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row in the match. Mannarino, in all, won 81 points during the match to 66 by Marcora. Both the players fired 4 Aces each during the match. Mannarino will face World No 76 Radu Albot in QFs on February 26, 2021.
World No 81 Kwon Soon-woo, 23, South Korea, beat World No 109 Yashutaka Uchiyama, 28, Japan, 6-3, 6-4 in 2nd round winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row in the match. Kwon served 3 Aces in the match to 6 by Uchiyama. Kwon will face 3rd seed & World No 44 Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, in QFs on February 26, 2021.
Ebden upset compatriot John Millman, 31, 6-4, 6-1 in 2nd round winning 4 break points and 5 games in a row in the match. Ebden, in all, won 64 points during the match to 48 by Millman to enter QFs.
Albot beat Yannick Hanfmann, 29, Germany, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in a tough contest to reach QFs of the event. Albot won 4 break points in the match to 3 by the German. Albot also won 5 games in a row in the match to 4 by the German.