Lyon Open: Koepfer ousts top-seeded Hubert in round two
Dominik Koepfer scraped past Ugo Humbert in three sets on Wednesday in Lyon. Next up for Koepfer is No 6 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
Dominik Koepfer (Action Plus/Panoramic)
Dominik Koepfer reached the quarter-finals of the Lyon Open by edging out Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the top seed, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Wednesday.
Koepfer, ranked No 67, will face sixth-seeded Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry on Thursday.
The German also needed three sets in his opening-round match, as he fought off lucky loser Javier Barranco Cosano (6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4).
Lyon ATP 250, other second-round results:
- Hugo Gaston vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Frances Tiafoe: wednesday
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Luciano Darderi beat Adrian Mannarino (3): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 3-0 ret.
- Alexander Bublik (2) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-2
- Pavel Kotov beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 7-6 (8), 6-1
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