Montpellier Open: Flawless Bublik books spot in quarter-finals
Alexander Bublik defeated Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Italian Mattia Bellucci and American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic in the next round
Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 4 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Montpellier Open by winning against German Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-2 at the Sud de France Arena on Wednesday evening.
Bublik, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between Italian Mattia Bellucci and American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic next.
In the previous round of the Montpellier tournament, Koepfer, ranked No 118, beat French wildcard Gregoire Barrere (6-4, 7-6 (5)).
Montpellier ATP 250, other second-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 673.360, most recent results first):
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Richard Gasquet
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Jesper De Jong vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (2) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Yunchaokete Bu (8) beat Constant Lestienne (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-3