Halle: Bublik beats Struff to make last eight

Kazakh Alexander Bublik advanced to the quarter-finals of Halle by winning against German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Thursday.

Bublik, ranked No 48, will face No 4 seed Jannik Sinner next.

The Kazakh beat Croat Borna Coric, the No 7 seed (6-3, 6-1) in the previous round of the Halle Open.

In the first round of the Halle Open, Struff, ranked No 21, won against Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin (6-1, 7-6 (4)).

Halle ATP500, other second-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):

• Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Jannik Sinner beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (9) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-2, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (2): 7-6 (7), 7-5
• Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Laslo Djere: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (8) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-5, 7-6 (2)