Geneva Open: Cobolli upsets Shelton to reach last eight

Italian Flavio Cobolli reached the last eight of the Geneva Open by winning against American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2 at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday evening.

Cobolli, ranked No 56, will face Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko next.

The 22-year-old Italian beat Russian Aslan Karatsev (7-5, 6-1) 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
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Tomas Machac
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alex Michelsen
• Sebastian Baez vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Emil Ruusuvuori