Eastbourne Open: Ymer knocks out home hope Broady to reach quarter-finals
Mikael Ymer won against Liam Broady 6-2, 6-4 and will play the winner of the match between top seed Taylor Fritz and Mackenzie McDonald in the next round
Mikael Ymer at Halle (Zuma/Panoramic)
Swede Mikael Ymer won against wildcard Liam Broady 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club.
Ymer, ranked No 61, will play the winner of the match between top seed Taylor Fritz and Mackenzie McDonald next.
The Swede beat Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 9 seed (3-6, 6-4, 6-2) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Broady, ranked No 147, won against lucky loser Jan Choinski (6-3, 6-4).
Eastbourne ATP250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Baez vs. Tommy Paul
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Maxime Cressy vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- J.J. Wolf vs. Luca Van Assche: wednesday
- Gregoire Barrere vs. Nicolas Jarry: wednesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Taylor Fritz vs. Mackenzie McDonald: wednesday
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