Dominic Thiem scrapes through to last eight in Sydney
ByPA Sport
Updated 11/01/2017 at 15:21 GMT
Top seed Dominic Thiem survived a lengthy tussle with qualifier Gastao Elias to reach the quarter-finals of the Apia International in Sydney.
Dominic Thiem of Austria reacts while he plays against Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain during their 2016 US Open Men's Singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 3, 2016.
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Austrian Thiem was a break up in the opening set but lost it on a tie-break and was pushed all the way in a 6-7 (5/7) 6-3 7-5 victory that took two hours and 39 minutes.
Thiem will next play Britain's Dan Evans, who upset eighth seed Marcel Granollers 1-6 6-3 6-3.
Two-time defending champion Viktor Troicki extended his winning run in Sydney to 13 matches with a 6-3 6-4 win over Paolo Lorenzi.
The top six seeds are all through to the last eight.
Second seed Pablo Cuevas and fourth seed Pablo Carreno Busta won three-set battles against Nicolas Mahut and Mischa Zverev respectively, and they were joined by Philipp Kohlschreiber and Gilles Muller.
It was the end of the road, though, for 17-year-old Australian Alex De Minaur, who retired through injury after losing the opening set 6-2 to Andrey Kuznetsov.
At the ASB Classic in Auckland, second seed John Isner had to save a match point before seeing off Tunisia's Malek Jaziri 6-3 3-6 7-6 (8/6) in round two.
Isner, the champion in 2010 and 2014, next plays countryman Steve Johnson while fourth seed Jack Sock beat another American, Ryan Harrison, to reach the last eight.
Robin Haase caused the shock of the day by beating third seed and four-time champion David Ferrer 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7/4).
Another former champion, Czech Jiri Vesely, is also through along with eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis and Joao Sousa.
Sixth seed Feliciano Lopez withdrew before his second match against Jeremy Chardy because of a lower back problem.
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