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Patna : Ninth seed Andrey Rublev, 22, Russia, 12th seed Denis Shapovalov, 21, Canada, and John Millman, 31, Australia, entered the second round of Italian Open 2020, an ATP Masters 1,000 Clay Court tennis tournament, at Foro Italico,Rome, Italy, on September 15, 2020.
But, 11th seed Karen Khachanov, 24, Russia, and 16th seed Felix Auger Aliasime, 20, Canada, crashed out of the Italian Open suffering shock first round defeat. Unseeded Marin Cilic, 31, Croatia, the 2014 US Open Champion, and 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov, 29, Bulgaria, have reached 2nd round.
Shapovalov, who had reached US Open quarter-finals last week, defeated Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round winning 4 break points and 3 games in a row in the match. The Canadian also fired 7 Aces in the match. Shapovalov won 57 points in the match to 51 points by Pella.
Rublev, who had also reached US Open QFs last week, beat Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4 in first round. The Russian won 4 break points in the match to 2 by Bagnis. Rublev fired 7 Aces in thematch to 4 by Bagnis. The Russian won 3 games in a row in the match to 2 by Bagnis.
Unseed Millman beat Joao Sousa, Portugal, 7-5, 7-6 in first round. The Australian won 3 break points in the match to 2 by Sousa. Millman hammered 6 Aces in the match to 3 by Sousa. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Millman won 87 points in the match to 76 by Sousa.
Unseeded Filip Krajinovic, 28, Serbia, stunned 16th seed Aliassime 6-4, 7-5 in first round on September 14, 2020. Krajinovic won 3 break points in the match to 1 by Aliassime. The Canadia, however, fired 6Aces to just 1 by the Serbian. Aliassime also committed 6 double faults to 1 by the Serbian. Krajinovic won 3 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Canadian. The Serbian won 73 points to 58 by Aliassime.
Unseeded Casper Ruud, 21, Norway, upset 11th seed Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in ffrst round on September 14. Ruud won 4 break points in the match to 2 by the Russian.Ruud fired 6 Aces to 4 by Khachanov. Ruud 88 points to 77 by the Russian. Both the players won 3 games each in a row in the match. Ruud will face Lorenzo Sonego, Kgaly, in 2nd round.
Cilic beat Alexander Bublik, 23, Kazakhstan, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in first round. Bublik though hammered 17 Aces in the match to 7 by cilic. Bublik though also committed 6 doouble faults to 5 by Cilic. But, ghe Croatian won 3 break points in the match to none by Bublik. The Croatian won 104 points to 87 by Bublik. Cilic will face 6th seed David Goffin, Belgium, kn 2nd round.
Kei Nishikori, 30, Japan, beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 32, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 to enter 2nd round on September 14, 2020. Both the players served 2 Aces each in the match. Nishikori won 83 points in the match to 78 by Vinolas. The Japanese also won 3 games in arow during the match. Nishikori also won one break point.
Dimitrov beat Gianluca Mager, 25, Italy, 7-5, 6-1 to enter 2nd round. Dimitrov won 2 break points to 1 by Mager.The Bulgarian also served 3 Aces. Dimitrov won 36 points to 31 by Mager.