Bublik books quarter-final berth in Chengdu Open

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the second seed, beat Argentinian qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Saturday.

Bublik, ranked No 27, will play the winner of the match between Russian Roman Safiullin, the No 8 seed, and Chinese Juncheng Shang next.

Gomez, ranked No 174, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of the Chengdu tournament.

Chengdu ATP 250, other second-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.171.655, most recent results first):

• Roman Safiullin vs. Juncheng Shang: saturday
• Lorenzo Musetti (1) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Adrian Mannarino (5) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-4
• Pedro Martinez Portero (4) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (3) beat Lukas Klein: 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4
• Yannick Hanfmann beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Alibek Kachmazov (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 7-6 (1), 6-1

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