Cordoba Open: Baez advances to last eight

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 4 seed, beat Italian Luciano Darderi 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight of the Cordoba Open at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes on Wednesday night.

Baez, ranked No 47, will face Chilean wildcard Tomas Barrios Vera next.

Darderi, ranked No 200, won against Frenchman Hugo Gaston (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Cordoba tournament.

Cordoba ATP250, other second-round results (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, clay, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Diego Schwartzman vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo : Thursday in Cordoba
• Federico Delbonis vs. Francisco Cerundolo : Thursday in Cordoba
• Guido Pella vs. Hugo Dellien : Thursday in Cordoba
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas : Thursday in Cordoba
• Federico Coria vs. Marco Cecchinatov
• Cristian Garin vs. João Sousa : Thursday in Cordoba
• Tomas Barrios Vera beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles (8): 5-7, 6-4, 6-3