ATP Newport: spell broken - Jack Sock back in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2018!
Jack Sock is in the quarter-finals of an ATP tournament for the first time since the tournament in Paris-Bercy in 2018. In Newport, the American stayed in the round of 16 without losing a set.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Jul 15, 2021, 01:35 pm
Review: In autumn 2017 Jack Sock won his biggest single title to date at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy and, thanks to this success, qualified for the ATP Finals in London, where the now 28-year-old even did the Reached the semi-finals and narrowly failed because of the eventual winner Grigor Dimitrov.
Exactly two years later, however, the American suddenly found himself without a ranking. In addition to injury problems, the reason for this was numerous defeats against no-names, and Sock was only able to work his way up the world rankings with difficulty. The main reason for this was reaching the second round at the French Open 2020, in which the former top ten player was defeated by the Austrian Dominic Thiem.
In any case, encounters between Thiem and Sock in Paris are obviously of great importance to the American. Because the two dueled in the French capital in 2018, but at that time a few kilometers further east in the Bercy district. By July 14, 2021, this meeting should be the last quarter-final meeting of the world number 231. pose on the ATP tour.
At the ATP 250 tournament in Newport, where he received a wildcard, Sock was now able to break this spell: After a three-set win over Alex Bolt at the start, the 28-year-old defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 in the second round and 6: 3 through. In the quarterfinals he will now face Kevin Anderson.