On Wednesday, 11 matches of the second round of the ATP 500 tournament played on clay in Barcelona took place. All were straight sets and ended in seeded wins.

Stefanos Tsitsipas failed to defend his title in Monte Carlo last week. After a few days of rest, the Greek has launched a new challenge: the ATP tournament in Barcelona. He did well at first. In Wednesday’s second-round game (he had a first-round bye) he wasn’t broken once, he used three out of three break points and in less than 80 minutes beat Pedro Cachin 6:4, 6:2.

– I showed good tennis. I dictated the conditions on the pitch, was aggressive and reacted positively to the situations on the pitch – said Tsitsipas, who will face Denis Shapovalov in the round of 16, as quoted by atptour.com. Marked “14”, the Canadian beat Jozef Kovalik, a qualifier.

Jannik Sinner was better than Diego Schwartzman for the second time in a week. After beating the Argentine after relegation last week, he won the last ball on Wednesday – 6-2, 6-4. The Italian fourth seed’s next rival will be Yoshihito Nishioka. The Japanese, tournament “16”, proved to be better than David Goffin.

Sixth seed Karen Khachanov served two aces, earned three breaks to defeat Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 6-4. In the third round, the Muscovite will face the “12” Daniel Evans. The Briton dismissed Matteo Arnaldi, a player from elimination, without dropping a set.

Alex de Minaur gave Aleksandr Shevchenko just one game. In the 1/8 finals, the Australian, eighth seed, will face Grigor Dimitrov. The Bulgarian tournament “11” also easily dealt (6:3, 6:1) with Emilio Gomez.

Cameron Norrie and Lorenzo Musetti also picked up smooth victories in the second round. The seventh-seeded Briton beat qualifier Paweł Kotow 6-1, 6-3 and will challenge for the quarter-finals against the Italian number nine, who won 6-3, 6-1 over Jason Kubler.

On Wednesday, an exceptional situation occurred in Barcelona. Each of the 11 matches ended in victory for the top-seeded tennis player. Number 15 Francisco Cerundolo has also joined this group. The Argentinian beat Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-2, and his next opponent will be the tournament’s ‘three three’, Casper Ruud.

Barcelona Open Bench Sabadell, Barcelona (Spain)
ATP 500, clay, prize pool of €2,772.4 million
Wednesday April 19

2nd singles round:

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, 2) v Pedro Cachin (Argentina) 6-4, 6-2
Jannik Sinner (Italy, 4) – Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) 6-2, 6-4
Karen Khachanov (6) v Nicolas Jarry (Chile) 6-4, 6-4
Cameron Norrie (UK, 7) – Pawel Kotow (Q) 6-1, 6-2
Alex de Minaur (Australia, 8) over Alexander Shevchenko 6-0, 6-1
Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, 9) v Jason Kubler (Australia) 6-3, 6-1
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 11) – Emilio Gomez (Ecuador) 6-3, 6-1
Daniel Evans (UK, 12) b. Matteo Arnaldi (Italy, Q) 6-4, 6-3
Denis Shapovalov (Canada, 14) v Jozef Kovalik (Slovakia, Q) 6-4, 6-3
Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina, 15) – Francesco Passaro (Italy) 6-2, 6-2
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan, 16) – David Goffin (Belgium) 6-1, 7-5

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