GSTAAD, Switzerland – In his ATP Tour debut, Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic rallied to upset Canadian top seed Denis Shapovalov 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the Round of 16 of the Swiss Open.
Shapovalov smashed 11 aces compared to Kopriva’s three, but also committed 10 double faults. Kopriva also won 82 percent of his first-serve points (27 of 33) en route to his surprise victory, Reuters reported.
Kopriva will advance to the quarter-finals to meet Sweden’s Mikael Ymer, who also won in upset fashion with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Spanish No. 8 seed Feliciano Lopez. Due to the two tiebreaks, the match lasted roughly 2 1/2 hours.
No. 3 seed Casper Ruud and No. 6 seed Benoit Paire took care of business, with the Norwegian Ruud defeating Austrian Dennis Novak 6-4, 7-6 (5) and Paire advancing when Dutch foe Tallon Griekspoor retired in the second set.
A pair of highly-seeded Serbians advanced to the quarter-finals in Umag, Croatia.
No. 2 seed Dusan Lajovic took care of Spain’s Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5, 6-4, while No. 3 seed Filip Krajinovic bested Radu Albot of Moldova 6-4, 6-2.
The results meant the top four seeds in Umag all reached the quarter-finals. Krajinovic will square off with Spanish No. 7 seed Carlos Alcaraz, who handled Slovakia’s Andrej Martin 6-3, 6-1.
Meanwhile, No.1 seed Yulia Putintseva capped off her week at the Hungarian Grand Prix with a dominant performance in the final, dispatching Anhelina Kalinina, 6-4, 6-0, to win her second career WTA singles title.
Putintseva of Kazakhstan needed an hour and ten minutes to storm past Ukraine’s Kalinina and add a trophy to the one she claimed at 2019 Nurnberg, another clay-court event where she was also the top seed.
“I’m very happy to win my second trophy on clay,” Putintseva said, during the trophy ceremony.
This week featured Putintseva’s first trip to a WTA semifinal and final since that title run in Nurnberg just over two years ago, and the World No.42 would make the most of her moment, converting five of her eight break points to execute a commanding victory.
Overall, Putintseva fired 17 winners to 11 from Kalinina. 24-year-old Kalinina, who reached her first WTA quarterfinal, semi-final, and final this week, came unglued with 34 unforced errors at the end of her career-best week.
The loss in the final ends a breakthrough run for Kalinina, who had won her previous 14 matches on clay, including two Challenger titles. World No.95 Kalinina made her Top 100 debut in the most recent WTA singles rankings released.
Putintseva eased to a quick lead in the first set, using her signature dropshot wizardry for winners on break points in Kalinina’s first two service games.
At 3-0, Putintseva handed one break back with a pair of double faults, but the Kazakh held on through some lengthy service games from there, and claimed the one-set advantage.
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