Chengdu Open: Martinez Portero moves into quarter-finals

Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero, the No 4 seed, reached the last eight of the Chengdu Open by winning against Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-3, 6-4 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.

Martinez Portero, ranked No 42, will face German Yannick Hanfmann next.

Vukic, ranked No 92, edged out Croat Borna Coric (3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4) 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):

• Federico Agustin Gomez vs. Alexander Bublik
• Roman Safiullin vs. Juncheng Shang
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Yi Zhou vs. Adrian Mannarino
• 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