Barcelona Open: Marozsan into last 16
Fabian Marozsan benefited from the abandonment of Luca Van Assche (6-0, 3-2) on Wednesday and will face Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta in the next round
Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 17 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Barcelona Open when Frenchman Luca Van Assche retired at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday afternoon.
Marozsan, ranked No 39, led 6-0, 3-2 when Van Assche, ranked No 99, pulled out at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.
The Hungarian will play Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta next.
The 19-year-old Frenchman beat Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (7-5, 6-2) 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):
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: wednesday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal: wednesday
- 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