Barcelona Open: Tsitsipas makes last eight, sets up meeting with de Minaur
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by winning against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 14 seed, 6-3, 6-2 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 8 seed, next.
The Greek defeated Argentinian Pedro Cachin (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.
During the second round of the Barcelona tournament, Shapovalov, ranked No 28, won against Slovak qualifier Jozef Kovalik (6-4, 6-3).
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: thursday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Yoshihito Nishioka (16): 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov