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Patna : World No 50 Benoit Paire, 32, France, stunned 6th seed Denis Shapovalov, 22, Canada, in a three-set thriller in 2nd round on August 17, 2021, late night, to enter the 3rd round of Western & Southern Open, Cincinati, USA, an ATP masters 1,000 points outdoor hard courts tennis tournmaentthe event. paire defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in 2 hr 14 minutes in 2nd round.
Paire fired 11 Aces in the match to 5 by World No 10 Shapovalov. The Canadian committed 8 double faults during the match to 5 by the Frenchman. Paire won 5 break points in the match to 3 by Shapovalov. He also won 4 games in a row in the match to 3 by Shapovalov.
World No 21 Grigor Dimitrov, 30, Bulgalia, upset World No 16 Roberto Bautista Agut, 33, Spain, in the first round on August 17, 2021. Dimitrov beat 13th seed Agut 6-3, 6-4 in 1 hr 21 minutes to reach 2nd round of the event. Dimitrov hammered 16 Aces in the match to just 2 by the Spaniard. The Bulgarian won 3 break points during the match to 1 by Agut. Dimitrov, a former Top 10 player, won 3 games in a row to 2 by Agut. The Bulgarian, in all, won 62 points in the match to 46 by the Spaniard.
World No 105 Andy Murray, 34, UK, the winner of three Grand Slam singles titles including two Wimbledon titles in 20213 & 2016, beat qualifier Richard Gasquet, 35, France, in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in first round. Murray, the winner of US Open title in 2021, fired 14 Aces in the match to 3 by World No 53 Frenchman. Murray won 3 break points in the match to 1 by Gasquet. The Brit also also won 3 games in a row to 2 by Gasquet.