BMW Open: O’Connell beats third seed Zverev, through to quarter-finals
Christopher O’Connell defeated Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Thursday and will face Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli in the next round
Australian Christopher O’Connell moved into the last eight of the BMW Open by beating German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich on Thursday.
It is his second-ever career win against a player ranked in the Top 20.
O’Connell, ranked No 82, will face Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli next.
The Australian won against Frenchman Ugo Humbert (6-4, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
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
- 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 beat Oscar Otte: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
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