Eastbourne Open: Top seed Fritz makes quarter-finals

American Taylor Fritz, the top seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open by defeating Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday evening.

Fritz, ranked No 13, will face Chinese qualifier Juncheng Shang next.

Seyboth Wild, ranked No 74, won against Australian qualifier James McCabe (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.

Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli beat Giles Hussey (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic (LL) beat Alexander Bublik (3): 6-4, 6-4
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-4
• Juncheng Shang beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez (4): 6-3, 6-2
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Charles Broom (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2