Eastbourne Open: Purcell beats Kecmanovic to reach last four

Australian qualifier Max Purcell moved into the last four of the Eastbourne Open by beating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.

Purcell, ranked No 94, will face wildcard Billy Harris next.

The Australian beat Serb Laslo Djere (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) and Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Eastbourne tournament, Kecmanovic, ranked No 53, defeated Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (6-2, 7-6 (2)) and Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 4 seed (6-3, 6-2).

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

• Taylor Fritz vs. Juncheng Shang
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Billy Harris beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-2