Halle Open: Hurkacz reaches quarter-finals

Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 5 seed, moved into the last eight of the Halle Open by defeating Australian qualifier James Duckworth 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Thursday.

Hurkacz, ranked No 9, will face the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and American Marcos Giron next.

The Pole won against Italian Flavio Cobolli (7-5, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Halle tournament.

In the previous round of the Halle tournament, Duckworth, ranked No 88, won against Brazilian wildcard Joao Fonseca (6-4, 6-4).

Halle ATP 500, other second-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):

• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Marcos Giron
• Jannik Sinner vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
• Christopher Eubanks beat Alexander Bublik (7): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
• Arthur Fils beat Dominik Koepfer (WC): 6-3, 6-4