Eastbourne Open: Zhang edges past Cressy to advance to last eight
Zhizhen Zhang edged out Maxime Cressy 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 and will face Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Zhizhen Zhang in Stuttgart (Imago/Panoramic)
Chinese Zhizhen Zhang moved into the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open by edging out American Maxime Cressy 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club.
Zhang, ranked No 54, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, next.
The Chinese beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 7 seed (7-6 (4), 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Cressy, ranked No 55, won against Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan (6-4, 7-5).
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
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
- 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
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