Brisbane Open: Thompson reaches last eight, Dimitrov next

Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 8 seed, defeated American Alex Michelsen 7-5, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane Open at the Queensland Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Thompson, ranked No 26, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, next.

The Australian edged out Italian Matteo Berrettini (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Brisbane tournament. Michelsen, ranked No 41, edged out Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10)) before wednesday’s loss.

Brisbane ATP 250, other second-round results (Queensland Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Novak Djokovic vs. Gael Monfils
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Reilly Opelka vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Jakub Mensik vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Grigor Dimitrov beat Aleksandar Vukic (WC): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Nicolas Jarry beat Benjamin Bonzi (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka beat Yoshihito Nishioka (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4