Hamburg Open: Molcan books spot in last eight, defeating Carreño Busta

Slovak Alex Molcan reached the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open by edging out Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta (photo), the No 4 seed, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5) at Am Rothenbaum on Wednesday.

Molcan, ranked No 48, will play Croat Borna Coric next.

Ahead of his victory, the Slovak won against German qualifier Marko Topo (7-5, 6-3). Carreno Busta, ranked No 23, beat Italian qualifier Luca Nardi (6-2, 6-1) in the previous round.

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Tennis Majors

Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round matches (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.911.620, most recent results first):

• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Filip Krajinovic
• Fabio Fognini vs. Karen Khachanov
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Andrey Rublev
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Jozef Kovalik: wednesday
• Borna Coric beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-3, 6-4