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Patna : Alex de Minaur, 21, Australia, and Borna Coric, 23, Croatia, advanced to the quarter-finals of UP Open (tennis) at Newyork City, Newyork, USA, on September 7, 2020, winning their respective Round of 16 matches in straight sets.
Minaur, the 21st seed, defeated Vasek Pospisil, 30, Canada, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in Round of 16. The Australian won four break points in the match to just 1 by Pospisil, who had upset 8th seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, in third round in five-sets and 25th seed Milos Raonic, Canada, in 2nd fround. Pospisil though fired 9 Aces in the match to just 2 by Minaur. The Australian won 4 games in a row during the match to two by the Canadian. Pospisil committed 6 double faults in the match to 2 by the Australian.
Borna Coric,the 27th seed, beat Jordan Thompson, 26, Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 in Round of 16 to set up a QFs match with 5th seed Alexander Zverev, Germany, on September 8, 2020. Coric won 6 break points in the match to just 1 by Thompson. The Croatian fired 4 Aces to 1 by the Australian, who committed 4 double faults. Coric won 7 games in a row during the match to 2 by Thompson. Coric had stunned 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, in five-sets in third round.