Belgrade Open: Klein upends Etcheverry to reach last eight
Lukas Klein won against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in straight sets on Tuesday. He’ll next face the winner of the match between Marin Cilic and Jiri Lehecka
Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein advanced to the last 8 of the Belgrade Open by winning against Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Belgrade Arena on Tuesday.
Klein, ranked No 153, will face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Cilic and No 4 seed Jiri Lehecka next.
The Slovak beat Australian James Duckworth (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Belgrade tournament.
During the first round of the Belgrade tournament, Etcheverry, ranked No 39, defeated Russian Pavel Kotov (6-3, 6-4).
Belgrade ATP 250, other second-round results (Belgrade Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Nuno Borges
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Roman Safiullin
- Marin Cilic vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (5), 6-4