Fognini and Khachanov fall in Auckland, Auger-Aliassime through in Adelaide

Fabio Fognini and Karen Khachanov, the primary and third seeds, crashed out of the Auckland Open of their opening matches on Wednesday.

World quantity 12 Fognini was going through Feliciano Lopez, the oldest participant within the draw at 38 who had already gained a match earlier within the day because the match schedule caught up following climate delays.

Lopez beat Pablo Andujar in three shut units earlier than coming from behind to prevail towards Italian Fognini, successful 3-6 6-Four 6-Three in just below two hours.

“The primary match was powerful for me, however I believe it was very useful as a result of it was my first singles match of the season,” mentioned Lopez after his day of double obligation.

“With out that match, I do not assume I might have performed the best way I did towards Fabio.”

Australian John Millman recovered from a set all the way down to oust Russian Khachanov 4-6 6-Three 6-3.

Big win for @johnhmillman! 

The Aussie defeats No. Three seed Khachanov 4-6 6-Three 6-Three to achieve the quarter-finals on the @ASB_Classic. pic.twitter.com/eLLnfP8H6A

— ATP Tour (@atptour) January 15, 2020

Denis Shapovalov is the best seed left within the draw, having defeated fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-Four 7-6 (7-2).

Defending champion Tennys Sandgren is out after one other former winner of the occasion, John Isner, triumphed 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (1-7) 6-Three in an all-American round-of-16 encounter.

Seeds Benoit Paire and Hubert Hurkacz made it to the quarter-finals, as did Kyle Edmund and Ugo Humbert, who will now play Shapovalov.

On the Adelaide Worldwide, Felix Auger-Aliassime gained his first match towards wildcard James Duckworth, a 6-Three 7-6 (7-0) win sending the second seed into the final eight.

Auger-Aliassime mentioned: “Now I am at some extent the place I used to be prime 20 on this planet. I reached three finals. Now each match I play, I play to win. I come, I need to attain the ultimate. I need to give myself an opportunity to win titles.”

QF spot: BOOKED @felixtennis powers previous James Duckworth 6-Three 7-6(0) to e-book his spot within the #AdelaideInternational quarter-final pic.twitter.com/eMZsF8T0BT

— ATP Tour (@atptour) January 15, 2020

Qatar Open champion Andrey Rublev continued his momentum with a 6-Three 6-Three win over Sam Querrey and fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta additionally progressed in straight units.

There was a shock, although, as seventh seed Jan-Lennard Struff was overwhelmed 6-Three 6-Four by wildcard Alex Bolt.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas joined Bolt within the quarter-finals, as did qualifiers Lloyd Harris and Tommy Paul.