Eastbourne Open: Cerundolo narrowly beats Huesler to make quarter-finals
Francisco Cerundolo defeated Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between American Maxime Cressy and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in the next round
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Eastbourne Open by defeating Swiss qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5) at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.
Cerundolo, ranked No 19, will face the winner of the match between American Maxime Cressy and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang next.
Huesler, ranked No 83, won against wildcard Ryan Peniston (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.
Eastbourne ATP250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Baez vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Maxime Cressy vs. Zhizhen Zhang: wednesday
- J.J. Wolf beat Luca Van Assche (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1
- Mikael Ymer beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Nicolas Jarry: wednesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Taylor Fritz vs. Mackenzie McDonald: wednesday