Travaglia, Djere, Balazs, Mayer enter QFs of ATP Croatia Open

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Patna : World No 105 Stefano Travaglia, 27, Italy, entered the quarter-finals of Croatia Open, Umag, Croatia, a ATP World Tour 250 point event, on July 17, 2019, night, after his second round opponent and top seed Fabio Fognini, Italy, retired in the second set due to injury.

World No 9 Fabio Fognini retired in the second set having lost the first set 1-6 and trailing 1-2 in the second. Travaglia will face World No 207 Attila Balazs, 30, Hungary, a qualifier, in the quarter-finals on July 19, 2019. Balazs defeated World No 58 Filip Krajinovic, 27, Serbia, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6 in the second round. Balazs fired 10 Aces in the match to 5 by Krajinovic.

World No 32 Laslo Djere, 24, Serbia, defeated World No 114 Paolo Lorenzi, 37, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the 2nd round to enter the QFs. He will face World No 60 Leonardo Mayer, 32, Argentina, in the QFs.