Croatia Open: Lajovic books spot in quarter-finals

Serb Dusan Lajovic won against Italian Flavio Cobolli 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) to move into the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Wednesday evening.

Lajovic, ranked No 53, will face Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, next.

The 34-year-old Serb beat Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Umag tournament.

In the previous round of the Umag tournament, Cobolli, ranked No 48, won against Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 6 seed (6-2, 6-3).

Umag ATP 250, other second-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Fabio Fognini vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Luciano Darderi vs. Jakub Mensik
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Alexandre Muller: 7-5, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Matej Dodig (WC): 6-3, 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Andrey Rublev (1) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-4, 7-5