Chengdu Open: Kecmanovic through to quarter-finals
Miomir Kecmanovic won against Corentin Moutet 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday night. He’ll face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov in the next round
Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 7 seed, beat Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the last 8 of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Saturday night.
Kecmanovic, ranked No 47, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the top seed, and Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov next.
In the previous round of the Chengdu tournament, the Serb won against Zimbabwean qualifier Benjamin Lock (6-2, 6-3).
Moutet, ranked No 122, defeated Chinese wildcard Tao Mu (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Chengdu tournament.
Chengdu ATP250, other second-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Pavel Kotov
- Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Musetti: saturday
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Grigor Dimitrov (3) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-4
- Roman Safiullin beat Daniel Evans (4): 6-3, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 7-6 (1)
- Christopher O’Connell beat Taro Daniel: 7-6 (10), 6-4