Florence Open: In-form American Nakashima moves into last eight
Brandon Nakashima won against Altug Celikbilek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, and German Oscar Otte in the next round
Brandon Nakashima; Image Credit – Zuma / Panoramic
American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed, defeated Turk qualifier Altug Celikbilek 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight of the Florence Open at the Palazzo Wanny on Thursday afternoon.
Nakashima, ranked No 46, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, and German Oscar Otte next.
The 21-year-old American won against Frenchman Richard Gasquet (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round.
In the previous round, Celikbilek, ranked No 230, beat Italian wildcard Giulio Zeppieri (6-3, 6-2).
Florence ATP 250, other second-round results (Palazzo Wanny, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Oscar Otte
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 6-4, 7-5
- Alexander Bublik (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Matteo Berrettini (2): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5
- J.J. Wolf beat Maxime Cressy (4): 6-3, 6-4
- Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev (5): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-1
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