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Patna : World No 13 Gael Monfils, 32, France, World No 21 Diego Schwartzman, 27, Argentina, World No 25 Matteo Berrettini, 23, Italy, and World No 43 Andrey Rublev, 43, Russia, entered men’s singles Round of 16 at US Open at New York City, USA, on September 1, 2019.
Monfils edged past World No 33 Denis Shapovalov, 20, Canada, in a five-set slugfest at Louis Armstrong Stadium 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in 3rd round. Monfils won 7 break points in the match to 5 by the Canadian. He also won 4 games in a row in the match to 3 by Shapovalov. Monfils fired 13 Aces in the match to 7 by the Canadian. Shapovalov committed 14 double faults to 5 by the French. Monfils will face World No 70 Pablo Andujar, Spain, in Round of 16 on September 2, 2019.
Schwartzman defeated World No 72 Tennys Sandgren, 28, USA, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 at Grandstand to enter the 4th round breaking the latter’s service 5 times besides winning 5 games in a row. Sandgren though fired 8 Aces in the match to 2 by the Argentine. Schwartzman will face World No 6 Alexander Zverev, Germany, in Round of 16 on September 2.
Berrettini beat World No 105 Alexei Popyrin, 20, Australia, in four-sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 to enter the 4th round. Berrettini fired 13 Aces in the match to 2 by the Australian. The Italian won 3 break points to 1 by Poppyrin. The Australian committed 8 double faults to 3 by the Italian.
Rublev upset World No 30 Nick Kyrgios, 24, Australia, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 to enter the 4th round. Kyrgios though fired 31 Aces in the match to 12 by Rublev. The Russian also won 3 games in a row in the match besides winning 1 break point. The Russian won 79 service points to 74 by Kyrgios. Rublev will face Berrettini in Round of 16 on September 2.