Monteiro edges Sachko in two tie-breaks; Charaeva and Lamens survive three sets in Sao Paulo
Thiago Monteiro came through 6-7 6-4 7-6 against Vitaliy Sachko in Szczecin, while Alina Charaeva and Suzan Lamens both recovered from a set down in the WTA Sao Paulo Round of 32.
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Several Round of 32 matches were recorded at WTA Sao Paulo. Anna Blinkova beat Carol Young Suh Lee 6-1 6-3 and Kaitlin Quevedo defeated Anastasia Tikhonova 6-0 6-2, the two most one-sided scorelines among the results supplied. Dominika Salkova got past Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-5 6-1 and Mary Stoiana beat Claire Liu 6-3 7-5.
Two Sao Paulo matches went the distance. Alina Charaeva lost the opening set to Xiaodi You before winning 3-6 7-6 6-3, and Suzan Lamens followed the same pattern against Carolina Alves, taking it 3-6 7-6 6-2.
At the ATP Challenger in Szczecin, Thiago Monteiro needed three sets and two tie-breaks to see off Vitaliy Sachko 6-7 6-4 7-6 in the Round of 16, where Tom Gentzsch also advanced past Martin Krumich 6-3 6-4. In Guangzhou 2, Marat Sharipov recovered to beat Lloyd Harris 4-6 7-6 6-3, while Naoya Honda's Round of 32 match with Nikoloz Basilashvili ended in retirement at 2-6 7-6 0-0. Oriol Roca Batalla also came from a set down in Biella, beating Stefano Napolitano 2-6 6-3 6-4, and Alejandro Moro Canas defeated Pavel Lagutin 6-4 6-3.
The Ljubljana Round of 16 produced two comebacks: Laura Samson beat Weronika Falkowska 6-7 6-0 6-3 and Ekaterine Gorgodze beat Lucie Havlickova 7-6 1-6 6-3, with Alice Tubello (6-3 6-4 over Dalma Galfi) and Mia Ristic (6-3 6-3 over Miriam Bulgaru) advancing in straight sets. In Davis Cup World Group II, Fadi Bidan beat Taym Al Azmeh 6-2 6-3 and Benjamin Hassan beat Hazem Naw 3-6 6-0 6-4.
Thursday's schedule includes two WTA 1000 Guadalajara quarterfinals, Cristina Bucsa against Sara Bejlek and Peyton Stearns against Sloane Stephens, plus the Round of 16 meeting of Kayla Day and Liudmila Samsonova.
