Barcelona Open: Fils upsets De Minaur to make quarter-finals
Arthur Fils won against Alex De Minaur 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday evening. He’ll play Serb Dusan Lajovic in the next round
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Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 16 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by beating Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 4 seed, 7-5, 6-2 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday evening.
Fils, ranked No 36, will face Serb Dusan Lajovic next.
In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, the 19-year-old Frenchman won against German Daniel Altmaier (6-4, 1-6, 6-1).
De Minaur, ranked No 11, defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal (7-5, 6-1) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
Barcelona ATP 500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-5, 6-3
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Fabian Marozsan (17): 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Jordan Thompson (14): 6-1, 6-4
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- 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
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