Barcelona Open: Dimitrov reaches last 16
Grigor Dimitrov beat Emilio Gomez 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, and Russian Alexander Shevchenko in the next round
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 11 seed, reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by beating Ecuadorian Emilio Gomez 6-3, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.
Dimitrov, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, and Russian Alexander Shevchenko next.
Gomez, ranked No 120, edged out Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-3, 1-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
- Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. David Goffin
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Jozef Kovalik: wednesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)