BMW Open: Cobolli moves into last eight, could face Zverev next
Flavio Cobolli won against Oscar Otte 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday. He’ll play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Australian Christopher O’Connell in the next round
Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli reached the last 8 of the BMW Open by winning against German Oscar Otte 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich on Thursday.
Cobolli, ranked No 208, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Australian Christopher O’Connell next.
Ahead of his victory, the 20-year-old Italian beat Australian Jordan Thompson (7-5, 6-1).
Otte, ranked No 94, won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 5 seed (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Munich Open.
Munich ATP250, other second-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Thiem
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Taylor Fritz
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Cristian Garin vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Holger Rune vs. Yannick Hanfmann: thursday
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Ritschard: thursday