BMW Open: Fritz advances to last eight, comes back from a set down against Fucsovics
Taylor Fritz won against Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the No 8 seed, and Austrian Dominic Thiem in the next round
American Taylor Fritz, the second seed, won against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the BMW Open at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich on Thursday afternoon.
Fritz, ranked No 10, will play the winner of the match between Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the No 8 seed, and Austrian Dominic Thiem next.
In the previous round of the Munich Open, Fucsovics, ranked No 75, beat German wildcard Max Hans Rehberg (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3).
Munich ATP250, other second-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Thiem
- Botic van de Zandschulp (4) beat Aslan Karatsev (Q): 6-2, 6-0
- Christopher O’Connell beat Alexander Zverev (3): 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Cristian Garin beat Lorenzo Sonego (6): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Holger Rune (1) beat Yannick Hanfmann (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Oscar Otte: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3