Paire beats Gunneswaran in 2nd round of Winston-Salem Open

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Patna : India No 1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran, 29, lost to top seed and World No 30 Benoit Paire, 30, France, in the second round of Winston-Salem Open, an ATP 250 point tournament, at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, on August 20, 2019, late night. Paire beat World No 89 Gunneswaran,  6-3, 7-5 in 69 minutes in second round. Paire fired 14 Aces in the match to 4 by Gunneswaran. He won 3 break points to 1 by the Indian. Paire won 46 service points to 35 by Gunneswaran.

World No 38 Denis Shapovalov, 20, Canada, entered the Round of 16 defeating World No 73 Tennys Sandgren, 28, USA, 6-2, 6-4 in 76 minutes in second round. Shapovalov won 5 break points in the match to 2 by Sandgren. The Canadian also won 7 games in a row to 4 by the American. Sandgren had defeated winner of three Grand Slam titles Andy Murray, UK, in first round.

World No 47 Andrey Rublev, 21, Russia, beat 9th seed and World No 50 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 31, Spain, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1 to enter the Round of 16. Rublev won 4 break points in the match to none by Vinolas. He also won 9 games in a row in the match to 3 by Vinolas. Rublev had on August 16, 2019, recently defeated winner of 20 Grand Slam titles and World No 3 Roger Federer, Switzerland, in Rounf of 16 of Cincinnati Masters in USA.

World No 63 Feliciano Lopez, 37, Spain, beat compatriot and World No 71 Pablo Andujar, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to enter Round of 16. Lopez will face World No 41 and 3rd seed Hubert Hurkacz, 22, Poland, in Round of 16.

World No 64 Pablo Carreno Busta, 28, Spain, beat World No 96 Marius Copil, 28, Romania, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to advance to the Round of 16.