ATP Auckland: Altmaier sends Auger-Aliassime home

German Daniel Altmaier moved into the quarter-finals of the Auckland Open by beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 4 seed, 7-6 (9), 7-5 at the ASB Tennis Arena on Tuesday night.

Altmaier, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 6 seed, and Portuguese Nuno Borges next.

The German won against American Marcos Giron (7-6 (5), 6-2) ahead of his victory.

Auckland ATP 250, other second-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 739.945, most recent results first):

• Luca Van Assche vs. Cameron Norrie
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Ben Shelton vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Taro Daniel vs. Max Purcell: wednesday
• Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo (3): 6-1, 6-1