European Open: Tsitsipas survives Seyboth Wild, books spot in quarter-finals
Stefanos Tsitsipas edged out Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5 on Thursday evening and will face No 5 seed Jiri Lehecka in the next round
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Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the second seed, edged out Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5 to move into the last eight of the European Open at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Thursday evening.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 11, will face No 5 seed Jiri Lehecka next.
Seyboth Wild, ranked No 80, defeated Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7-6 (4), 6-3) in the previous round of the Antwerp Open.
Antwerp ATP 250, other second-round results (Lotto Arena, hard, EUR 690.135, most recent results first):
- Zizou Bergs vs. Sebastian Baez
- Marcos Giron (8) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)
- Jiri Lehecka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 6-3
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (1) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Hugo Gaston beat Mariano Navone (7): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4)
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6): 7-6 (2), 6-4
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