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Novak Djokovic brushed aside Chile's Cristian Garin 6-1, 6-1 in 64 minutes on Wednesday as he breezed into the second round of the Astana Open. Coming off his 89th career title in Tel Aviv last weekend, Djokovic broke an overmatched Garin five times to continue his push for a place in the season-ending ATP Finals. "From the start to the end, (it was) a great performance," said Djokovic.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz said he would "take lessons" from his shock first-round exit at the Astana Open on Tuesday after losing 7-5, 6-3 to Belgium's David Goffin. US Open champion Alcaraz suffered his first straight-sets defeat since last November as Goffin made the most of his second chance as a lucky loser. "He played better than me, really, really aggressive," said Alcaraz. "I couldn't handle that pressure that he was pushing on me and of course it's something that I have to learn and take lessons from this match."
World number one Carlos Alcaraz crashed out in the first round of the Astana Open on Tuesday, losing 7-5, 6-3 to Belgium's David Goffin.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz crashed out in the first round of the Astana Open on Tuesday, losing 7-5, 6-3 to Belgium's David Goffin. US Open champion Alcaraz suffered his first straight-sets defeat since November last year as Goffin made the most of his second chance as a lucky loser.
A subdued Carlos Alcaraz has been knocked out of the Astana Open after a 7-5 6-3 defeat to David Goffin. The world No.1's pursuit of a seventh ATP singles title this season came to an abrupt end in the opening round in Kazakhstan as Goffin's precise, measured performance saw the Belgian over the line in one hour and 48 minutes. Ad Goffin will play Adrian Mannarino in the second round after he beat wild card Stanislas Wawrinka 1-6 6-2 6-3.
Germany grabbed their first Davis Cup victory over France since 1938 when Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz won the deciding doubles rubber in a tiebreaker in Hamburg on Wednesday.
Adrian Mannarino entered the Winston-Salem Open simply to gain some match practice before the U.S. Open, but the Frenchman pulled off what he called an "unexpected" achievement by winning the ATP 250 tournament on Saturday.
Adrian Mannarino upset Dutch second seed Botic van de Zandschulp 6-0, 6-4 on Friday to reach the ATP Winston-Salem Open final against Serbian Laslo Djere. World number 65 Mannarino won 21 of 26 first-serve points and never faced a break point in dispatching the 23rd-ranked Dutchman after 75 minutes. In the other semi-final, 89th-ranked Djere needed nine match points but finally dispatched 102nd-ranked Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5) after two hours and 18 minutes.