ATP roundup: Tsitsipas advances in Barcelona

Stefanos Tsitsipas, fifth seed, defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell in Spain.

Tsitsipas of Greece won points on 69% of his first serves and converted five of eight break points to win in one hour and 38 minutes. In the next round, he will face Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, who defeated Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, the tenth seed, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Rafael Nadal, a 12-time winner in Barcelona, was defeated in straight sets by Australia's fourth-seeded Alex de Minaur.

Other seeded winners were No. 3 Casper Ruud of Norway, No. 14 Jordan Thompson of Australia, and No. 16 Arthur Fils of France.

Other seeded players did not fare as well, with No. 6 Ugo Humbert of France and No. 9 Nicolas Jarry of Chile being eliminated in straight sets.

Tiriac Open

In Bucharest, Romania, rain cancelled the rest of the day's schedule, but Chile's Alejandro Tabilo and France's Gregoire Barrere won in straight sets.

In the only completed singles matches, Tabilo defeated Arthur Rinderknech of France 6-4, 6-3, and Barrere beat Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia 7-5, 6-3.

BMW Open

Despite being slowed by rain and hail delays, top-seeded German Alexander Zverev defeated Austrian Jurij Rodionov 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the second round in Munich.

Neither player broke serve in the first set, and Zverev pulled away in the second. Zverev saved all four break points he faced in the match to advance to the tournament's quarterfinals.

Only one other match was completed on Wednesday due to inclement weather. Sixth-seeded Jack Draper of Great Britain defeated German wild-card entrant Rudolf Molleker 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

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