Barcelona Open: Fils makes last 16
Arthur Fils defeated Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 on Wednesday evening and will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 16 seed, reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by beating German Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday evening.
Fils, ranked No 36, will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 4 seed, next.
Altmaier, ranked No 66, won against Australian Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 7-6 (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):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-4, 7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Lorenzo Musetti (10): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan (17) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-0, 3-2 ret.
- Alex De Minaur beat Rafael Nadal: 7-5, 6-1
- Dusan Lajovic beat Ugo Humbert (6): 6-4, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
- Marco Trungelliti (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry (9): 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut (WC) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Machac
- 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
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