We know the first two qualified for the quarter-finals of the Challenger de Cary, which is played on hard outside. Without surprise, Denis Kudla (n ° 2) has mastered Garrett Johns, wild-card and 1154th in the world. Kudla spent only 61 minutes on the court (6-2, 6-1). Other qualified: Chris Eubanks. The American, 248th in the world, took advantage of the Michael Mmoh, seeded # 6 in North Carolina.
It’s confirmed: Jack Sock (photo) is much better. The American, winner at Bercy three years ago, should no longer “vegetate” at 253rd worldwide. At Roland Garros, he showed great things, only bowing to Dominic Thiem in the second round, while having left the qualifiers. At the Challenger de Cary, hard outdoors, he wants to continue his rise in the standings to obtain the right to play in qualifying for the Australian Open. Tuesday he dominated his compatriot Bjorn Fratangelo. The tie-break of the first set was tight (13 points to 11) but then it unfolded (7-6, 6-3). Thursday, in the round of 16, he will face the winner of the match between the Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili and Ramkunar Ramanathan. The Indian had a little favor in terms of programming as he comes from Germany, where he lost in the Eckental Challenger final.
The promising Brandon Nakashima, 206th at 19, also joined the second round by eliminating his compatriot Thai-Son Kwiatkowski. Designated seed n ° 1, the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro took advantage of the abandonment of his compatriot Guilhermo Clezar at 7-6, 3-2 to advance to the round of 16. He will play the Danish on Thursday Mikael Torpegaard. Finally, note the “perf” of the Canadian Alexis Galarneau, 573rd worldwide. Titled last week in a $ 15,000 friend of Felix Auger Aliassime exploited his wild card by taking out the American Mackenzie McDonald.
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