Marseille Open: Second seed Humbert edges Bublik

Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the second seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open by defeating Kazakh Alexander Bublik 7-6 (7), 6-4 at the Palais des sports on Wednesday evening.

Humbert, ranked No 17, will face Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 7 seed, next.

Bublik, ranked No 48, won against French wildcard Richard Gasquet (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Marseille tournament.

Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 767.545, most recent results first):

• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Hugo Grenier
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Nuno Borges vs. Zizou Bergs
• Hamad Medjedovic beat Karen Khachanov (3): 6-2, 6-3
• Daniel Altmaier beat Otto Virtanen: 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Luca Van Assche