Delbonis defeats Lajovic and gives the surprise in Belgrade

The round of 16 in the Belgrade tournament began with surprise, as the Argentine Federico Delbonis, number 84 of the world ranking, defeated in a closely contested match against the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, fourth favorite, by 6-3, 2-6 and 6-4.

For his part, the Italian Gianluca Mager beat the Australian Alexei Popyrin (7-5 ​​and 6-2) and will face the Russian Alan Karatsev, who beat Slovenian Aljaz Bedene in three sets in a duel resolved in the tiebreaker of the third set of the closing clash of the day (6-3, 4-6 and 7-6 (5)).

Japanese Taro Daniel beat Australian John Millman, seeded number seven, by 6-3, 2-6 and 3-6 in a match that lasted more than two hours and will face Argentine Federico Delbonis in the quarterfinals.

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