Zhuhai Open: Nishioka moves into quarter-finals
Yoshihito Nishioka beat Lloyd Harris 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) on Friday night and will play the winner of the match between Chilean Cristian Garin and German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 8 seed, won against South African Lloyd Harris 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to advance to the last eight of the Zhuhai Open at the Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre on Friday night.
Nishioka, ranked No 46, will play the winner of the match between Chilean Cristian Garin and German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Japanese defeated Frenchman Terence Atmane (0-6, 6-4, 6-2).
Harris, ranked No 162, won against Jiri Vesely (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Zhuhai tournament.
Zhuhai ATP250, other second-round results (Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Centre, hard, USD 981.785, most recent results first):
- Marc Polmans vs. Cameron Norrie
- Andy Murray vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Dalibor Svrcina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Sebastian Korda vs. Alexandre Muller
- Karen Khachanov vs. Alex Bolt
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Cristian Garin vs. Jan-Lennard Struff