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Patna : Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, and 3rd seed Nikoloz Basilashvili, 29, Georgia, reached quarter-finals of Humberg European Open, an ATP 500 points event, at Hamburg, Germany, on July 14, 2021, night.
World No 4 Tsitsipas beat World No 59 Dominik Koepfer, 27, Germany, in straight sets 7-6, 6-3 in second round in 1hr 44 minutes to reach quarter-finals winning 4 games in a row during the match. Tsitsipas won 3 break points in the match to 1 by Koepfer. The Greek won 80 points during the match to 66 by the German. Tsitsipas in just 120 points behind World No 3 Rafael Nadal, 35, Spain, in ATP Rankings.
Tsitsipas will face 6th seed Filip Krajinovic, 29, Serbia, in QFs on July 16, 2021.. Krajinovic beat World No 117 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 37, Germany, in three-sets 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hr 23 minutes in 2nd round.. Krajinovic fired 9 Aces during the match to 8 by Kohlschreiber. Both the players won 3 games each in a row during the match. But, The Serbian won 3 break points to 2 by the German.
World No 29 Nikoloz Basilashvili reached QFs on walk over by qualifier & World No 164 Sebastian Baez, 20, Argentina, in 2nd round. Basilashvili will face Laslo Djere, 26, Serbia, in QFs. Laslo Dere beat World No 127 Thiago Seyboth Wild, 21, Brazil, 7-6, 6-1 in 2nd round.