Barcelona Open: Sinner reaches quarter-finals
Jannik Sinner won against Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Cameron Norrie and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 9 seed, in the next round
Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Barcelona Open by winning against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 16 seed, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday.
Sinner, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between No 7 seed Cameron Norrie and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 9 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, the 21-year-old Italian defeated Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (6-2, 6-4).
Nishioka, ranked No 35, won against Belgian David Goffin (6-1, 7-5) during the second round of the Barcelona tournament.
Barcelona ATP500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Daniel Evans vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: thursday
- Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov