Vienna Open: De Minaur through to last eight as Cobolli retires injured
Alex De Minaur benefited from the retirement of Flavio Cobolli (7-6 (2), 3-1) and will play qualifier Jakub Mensik in the next round
Alex De Minaur, Vienna Open, 2024 © Gepa/Panoramic
Australian Alex De Minaur, the second seed, advanced to the last eight of the Vienna Open when Italian Flavio Cobolli retired at the Wiener Stadthalle.
De Minaur, ranked No 10, led 7-6 (2), 3-1 when Cobolli, ranked No 31, pulled out at the Wiener Stadthalle on Thursday evening.
The Australian will face qualifier Jakub Mensik next.
In the previous round of the Vienna tournament, Alex De Minaur won against German Jan-Lennard Struff (2-6, 6-2, 6-2).
The 22-year-old Italian beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7-6 (1), 6-3) during the first round of the Vienna tournament.
Vienna ATP 500, other second-round results (Wiener Stadthalle, hard, EUR 2.470.310, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Karen Khachanov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Tomas Machac beat Grigor Dimitrov (3): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Jack Draper (7) beat Luciano Darderi: 7-5, 6-1
- Jakub Mensik beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Matteo Berrettini beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (1) beat Marcos Giron: 6-2, 7-5
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