World News – UA – Jordan Thompson absent, John Millman in Astana neighborhoods

Australia's Jordan Thompson failed to reach the Astana Open quarter-finals, but compatriot John Millman will feature in the last eight Thompson was beaten in three sets by qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori in the round of 16 of the Astana Open In their very first meeting, the 21-year-old Finn triumphed 6-2 3-6 6-4 […]

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Australia’s Jordan Thompson failed to reach the Astana Open quarter-finals, but compatriot John Millman will feature in the last eight

Thompson was beaten in straight sets by qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori in the round of 16 of the Astana Open

In their very first meeting, the 21-year-old Finn triumphed 6-2 3-6 6-4 over eighth-seeded Thompson in just over two hours

World victory Non98 sets up a quarter-final clash with local favorite Mikhail Kukushkin, who rallied to beat Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6 -1

Thompson, 26, ranked 60th in the world, came from a set to beat Brit Cameron Norrie in the previous round, but couldn’t repeat the trick to triumph over Ruusuvuori

Fellow Aussie John Millman fared better, fighting in the last eight to knock out Spain southpaw Fernando Verdasco in straight sets

The 31-year-old Brisbane, seeded four in the Kazakhstan tournament, needed only a break of serve in each set to win 6-3 6-4 after an hour and 22 minutes

He arranged a meeting with the seventh-seeded American Tommy Paul, who beat Radu Albot of Moldova 6-4 6-0 in 72 minutes

It will also be the world not45 Millman’s first appearance in a Tour-level quarterfinal since the start of the year when he reached the last eight in Auckland

America’s Frances Tiafoe reached her second quarter-final of the year, upsetting second-seeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5 6-3
Tiafoe will face Belarusian Egor Gerasimov, who beat Czech Jiri Vesely 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory with the help of 14 aces

Third seed Adrian Mannarino only needed 62 minutes to overtake Japanese qualifier Yuichi Sugita 6-1 6-1 for a place in the last eight

The Frenchman will then face American Mackenzie McDonald, who knocked out Italian wild card Andreas Seppi 3-6 6-3 6-3 in just over two hours