Barcelona Open: Davidovich Fokina into last 16 as Machac pulls out
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina benefited from the forfeit of Tomas Machac on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between Serb Dusan Lajovic and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 6 seed, in the next round
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 11 seed, reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open after Tomas Machac withdrew before the match on Wednesday at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 27, will face the winner of the match between Serb Dusan Lajovic and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 6 seed, next.
Machac, ranked No 50, won against Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
Barcelona ATP 500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Luca Van Assche
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Ugo Humbert
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Alexandre Muller vs. Casper Ruud
- Jordan Thompson vs. Jaume Munar
- Marco Trungelliti vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Andrea Vavassori vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Harold Mayot (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 0-0 ret.
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Nick Hardt (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Sebastian Baez (8): 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-2
- Brandon Nakashima beat Andrey Rublev (2): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Borna Coric (15): 6-2, 7-5