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Jan-Lennard Struff made it into the quarter-finals of an ATP Masters for the first time and will now meet world number one Novak Djokovic. Struff defeated the favorite Belgian David Goffin at the Western and Southern Open in New York after 2:10 hours with 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4. “I am very happy to have beaten a top ten player with Goffin,” said the 30-year-old after the match.
The Serbian Djokovic beat Tennys Sandgren from the USA 6: 2, 6: 4 without much effort. Djokovic is “one of the best, he plays very well. But the more often he wins, the higher the chance that he will lose, ”said Struff. The German clearly lost the previous three duels, at the Australian Open in January he took at least one sentence from the Serb.
Struff for the first time in the quarterfinals of an ATP Masters
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Melzer in doubles out
In the doubles tournament, Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies also made it to the quarter-finals. The 2019 French Open winners beat Jürgen Melzer and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3: 6, 6: 4, 10: 4.
The Western and Southern Open usually take place in Cincinnati, but due to the pandemic, they will be played in New York until the end of the week this year. In the coming week, the US Open will start there as the first Grand Slam after the forced Corona break.
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