European Open: Marterer reaches quarter-finals
Maximilian Marterer beat Nuno Borges 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Thursday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Hugo Gaston and German Jan-Lennard Struff, the second seed, in the next round
German qualifier Maximilian Marterer won against Portuguese Nuno Borges 6-3, 7-6 (3) to move into the quarter-finals of the European Open at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Thursday.
Marterer, ranked No 127, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Hugo Gaston and German Jan-Lennard Struff, the second seed, next.
The German beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 7 seed (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Antwerp Open.
In the first round of the Antwerp Open, Borges, ranked No 74, won against German Dominik Koepfer (7-6 (6), 6-4).
Antwerp ATP250, other second-round results (Lotto Arena, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Hugo Gaston vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Alexander Bublik (3) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 6-2
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Q) beat David Goffin (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Arthur Fils (4) beat Mark Lajal (WC): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
- Juan Pablo Varillas (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2