Geneva Open: Wu sets up quarter-final with Zverev
Yibing Wu won against Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Tuesday evening. He’ll face German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Chinese Yibing Wu defeated Italian Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (5), 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday evening.
Wu, ranked No 59, will play German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Chinese edged out Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6)).
Cecchinato, ranked No 73, won against American Ben Shelton, the No 5 seed (7-5, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round of the Geneva tournament.
Geneva ATP250, other second-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Casper Ruud vs. J.J. Wolf
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Marcos Giron vs. Taylor Fritz
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Ilya Ivashka
- Alexander Zverev beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-2, 6-3