Rotterdam Open: De Minaur advances to last eight

Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 3 seed, beat Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last eight of the Rotterdam Open at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Thursday.

De Minaur overcame Mensik in an hour, 29 minutes on the back of two break-point conversions, also benefitting from the latter’s five double faults.

The result meant the Aussie has now qualified for the quarter-finals in Rotterdam for the fourth straight year. He’s only the first player to achieve the feat after 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.

De Minaur, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, and German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier next.

The Australian won against Belgian David Goffin (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rotterdam tournament.

In the first round of the Rotterdam tournament, Mensik, ranked No 47, defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-4, 6-4).

Rotterdam ATP 500, other second-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.563.150, most recent results first):

• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Holger Rune
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Andrea Vavassori
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Andrey Rublev vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Arthur Fils vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-5, 2-0 ret.
• Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3

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