Generali Open: Galan books spot in last eight

Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan advanced to the last eight of the Generali Open by edging out German Daniel Altmaier, the No 8 seed, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8) at Kitzbühel Tennis Club in Kitzbuhel on Wednesday.

Galan, ranked No 76, will play top seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

In the previous round of the Kitzbuhel tournament, the Colombian won against Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-2, 6-2).

Altmaier, ranked No 51, edged out Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Kitzbuhel tournament.

Kitzbuhel ATP250, other second-round results (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Dominic Thiem
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Pedro Cachin
• Laslo Djere vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Alex Molcan beat Sebastian Ofner (4): 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Sebastian Baez beat Roberto Carballes Baena (6): 6-1, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Guido Andreozzi (Q): 6-2, 6-2