Astana Open: Korda dispatches Borges to make the last eight
Sebastian Korda won against Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6 (4) and will play Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the top seed, in the next round
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American Sebastian Korda, the No 5 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Astana Open by beating Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Daulet National Tennis Center.
Korda, ranked No 28, will face Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Nur-Sultan tournament, the American edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin (7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4).
Borges, ranked No 86, edged out Kazakh wildcard Mikhail Kukushkin (5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-4) during the first round of the Nur-Sultan tournament.
Astana ATP250, other second-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.017.850, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Alexander Bublik
- Marcos Giron vs. Dominic Thiem
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-1
- Jurij Rodionov (Q) beat Sebastian Baez (2): 6-2, 6-4
- Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Alexander Shevchenko (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka (4) beat Egor Gerasimov (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Adrian Mannarino (6) beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
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