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 | Jack Sock dropped into the second round in Oklahoma11-01-2018 |
Jack Sok (US), who was placed under number one and last year`s champion, dropped out in the second round of the Oceania (New Zealand) tennis tournament with a prize pool of 561, 000 dollars. Eighth in the world rankings Sock lost 3:6, 3:6 by German Peter Goyovchik. Goyovchik, 65, in the ATP rankings, beat a 2:3 pass gap and with a series of four consecutive games he took the first set. The second part was equivalent to 3:3, after which the German won three consecutive games and thus the game to record only his second victory against a top 10. In the quarter-finals he would face the Dutchman Robin Haase, who eliminated the SlovakLucas Lazco with 7:6 (4), 6:3.
Last year`s finalist Joao Souza (Portugal) also dropped into the second round after defeating veteran David Ferrer (Spain) with 2:6, 2:6. Seventh in the Ferrer Schedule, four-time winner in Oklahoma in 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013, expects Hion Chun (Republic of Korea). The winner of the `Next Generation` ATP Tournament for the year 2017, Chun, has managed with the 7:6 (3), 5:7, 6:2 double champion in Oklahoma from 2010 and 2014 with John Isner (USA). The 4th Issner placed number 30 on Aces, but he made two breaks in the fourth and eighth games of the third set, which proved decisive. Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) continued his second victory in 2009 with a convincing victory over Canadian Dennis Shapovalov with 6:2, 6:4. In the quarterfinals he will meet Russian Karen Khachanov, who managed 6th Pablo Quevas (Uruguay) with 6:2, 7:6 (4). The bad day for the Americans went on with the dropping of Sam Query and Steve Johnson. The finalist of 2009, Querry, sold 24 aces, but defeated by the 2015 Jarmila Veseli (Czech Republic) champion with 4:6, 7:6 (10), 6:7 (5). The American under number 3 rescued the two sets in the tiebreak of the second set and then another one in the 4:5 game in the third part. In the crucial teebek he led 4:3 points but lost four of the next five games and dropped out. Johnson dropped the winner of the 2016 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) with 6:2, 2:6, 1:6. The fifth in the Bautista Agutis will play against Vesele for a place in the semi-finals.