Barcelona Open: Arnaldi makes last eight

Italian Matteo Arnaldi advanced to the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by beating Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti 6-3, 6-0 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 14 seed, and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, next.

In the previous rounds of the Barcelona tournament, the Italian benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Arthur Cazaux (5-5) and won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 8 seed (5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-2).

Trungelliti, ranked No 197, defeated Croat qualifier Duje Ajdukovic (6-2, 7-6 (3)) and Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 9 seed (7-6 (5), 6-3) earlier in the tournament.

Barcelona ATP 500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):

• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Jordan Thompson vs. Casper Ruud
• Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Fils
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Dusan Lajovic beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (11): 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-1
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Brandon Nakashima: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (WC): 6-4, 6-3