Geneva Open: Baez moves into quarter-finals
Sebastian Baez won against Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-0 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed, in the next round
Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 5 seed, defeated Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-0 to reach the last 8 of the Geneva Open at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Wednesday.
Baez, ranked No 20, will face the winner of the match between Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Argentinian won against Indian Sumit Nagal (7-6 (7), 6-3).
Carballes Baena, ranked No 62, beat German Daniel Altmaier (7-6 (2), 6-4) in the previous round of the Geneva tournament.
Geneva ATP 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Novak Djokovic vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Casper Ruud
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alex Michelsen
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Tomas Machac: wednesday
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Flavio Cobolli beat Ben Shelton (4): 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2