Eastbourne Open: Purcell moves into last eight
Max Purcell beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the next round
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Australian qualifier Max Purcell moved into the last eight of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday afternoon.
Purcell, ranked No 94, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.
The Australian defeated Serb Laslo Djere (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Sonego, ranked No 57, beat lucky loser Henry Searle (6-3, 6-2).
Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Giles Hussey vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez (4): 6-3, 6-2
- Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
- Billy Harris (WC) beat Charles Broom (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
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