BARCELONA, Spain — Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open by defeating Danis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday.

The second-seeded Greek saved each break factors he confronted towards the Canadian to maneuver to 18-5 for the season.

“I tried to stay as aggressive as I could from the baseline,” Tsitsipas stated. “Against Denis you have to keep up with the pace and be ready to attack when you can. It wasn’t easy out here but I did a very good job. I was responsible with my decision making. It was a good day.”

Tsitsipas will subsequent face Alex de Minaur, who superior with a walkover from Grigor Dimitrov.

The fifth-ranked Tsitsipas is making his fifth look in Barcelona, having misplaced within the ultimate to Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2021. He misplaced on this yr’s Australian Open ultimate to Novak Djokovic.

Fourth-seeded Jannik Sinner overcame a second-set letdown to defeat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 and attain his seventh quarterfinal of the season.

The Italian broke Nishioka’s serve three consecutive occasions to shut out the third set in a match that lasted greater than two hours.

Sinner moved to 26-6 for the season, having reached the semifinals in Monte Carlo. The eighth-ranked Italian will subsequent face both Cameron Norrie or Lorenzo Musetti.

Tenth-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 7-5.

Later, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will play Thirteenth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in a match between Spaniards.

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