The Spanish Pablo Andújar and Albert Ramos fell in Saint Petersburg. Andújar lost in the second round of the Russian tournament against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, second seed, 2-6, 6-3 and 6-0 in one hour and 49 minutes. Ramos yielded against Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 25 minutes.
After a first set dominated by Andújar, in which the Canadian lost his service twice, the performance of Cuenca, number 92 in the ATP classification, feu diminishing little by little before the push of Shapovalov, number 13, who won the second set 6-3. In the third set, the second favorite passed over Andújar by winning 6-0 in just 28 minutes.
For his part, Ramos, 43 in the world rankings, lost the first serve he had available and it was already uphill throughout the match because Cilic, 35 of the ATP, did not miss his serve and placed up to 10 aces. After the elimination also of Pablo Martínez, only the fight remains between the Spanish Roberto Bautista, third seeded.
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