World quantity 5 Daniil Medvedev and defending champion Alexander Bublik have been each knocked out within the second spherical of the Halle Open.
Russian Medvedev, the 2021 US Open winner, misplaced a last set tie-break in a 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-5) defeat by China’s Zhang Zhizhen.
Kazakh Bublik, who defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev in final yr’s last, was crushed 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 by American Christopher Eubanks.
Second seed Alexander Zverev will play French 20-year-old Arthur Fils within the quarter-finals following a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) win over Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego.
Elsewhere, Victoria Azarenka reached the Berlin Open quarter-finals earlier than play was postponed due to rain.
Contesting his first grass court docket match of the season, Medvedev, a Wimbledon semi-finalist final yr, misplaced out to Zhang because the world quantity 42 recovered from a 5-3 deficit within the decisive tie-break.
Zhang will meet Eubanks subsequent after the Wimbledon quarter-finalist ended Bublik’s title defence.
Additionally in Halle, former Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini, of Italy, received 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 towards American Alex Michelsen.
