Gael Monfils edged Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 3-6 6-4 to advance to the quarter finals of the ATP 250 in Antwerp.
Monfils hit 11 aces and fended off six of the seven break points he faced. The French star entertained the crowd with a spectacular leaping tweener. Monfils got a break of serve in the first game and saved two break points in the sixth game to win the first set 6-4. The second set went on serve until the 8th game, when Tsonga converted his second break point of the set to win the second set 6-3. Monfils saved two break points in the fifth game of the decider to hold his serve for 3-2 and broke serve at love in the 10th game to win the third set 6-4.
British number 1 player Kyle Edmund cruised past Albert Ramos Vinolas 6-0 6-2 in just 55 minutes to qualify for his 10th quarter final of the season. Edmund dropped just nine points in seven service games and saved just one break point he faced. The 2018 Australian Open semifinalist earned a break at 15 in the first game, when Ramos Vinolas netted a forehand. Edmund hit four winners in the second game to open up a 2-0 lead. He went up a double break with a deep return and fired four winners to race out to a 4-0 lead. Edmund broke for the third time in the fifth game earning his chance to serve for the first set in the following game after just 20 minutes. He hit two winners to hold at love to close out the first set with a bagel after 19 minutes.
Edmund build up a 3-0 lead with an early break at the start of the second set after a forehand error from Ramos Vinolas. Edmund fended off a break point with a service winner before holding his serve to race out to a 4-0 lead. Edmund hit a forehand down the line to build up a 5-1 lead. He did not convert three match points on return in the seventh game. Ramos Vinolas reeled off five consecutive points to claw his back to 2-5. Edmund hit four winners to close out the match setting up a quarter final match against Ilya Ivashka, who battled past Italian lucky loser Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-7 (8-10) 7-5.
Diego Schwartzman edged British player Cameron Norrie 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5. Norrie went down a break in the third set at 2-4 to take a 5-4 lead by winning three consecutive game. Schwartzman reeled off the final three games with a break of serve in the 11th game to clinch the third set 7-5.
