Hamburg Open: Baez fights back to beat Lajovic and advance to quarter-finals

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 3 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open by winning against Serb Dusan Lajovic 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center.

Baez, ranked No 19, will play Italian Luciano Darderi, the No 7 seed, next.

The Argentinian defeated German Dominik Koepfer (6-2, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Hamburg tournament, Lajovic, ranked No 55, beat Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves (6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3).

Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round results (Rothenbaum Tennis Center, clay, EUR 1.891.995, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Hugo Gaston
• Marco Trungelliti vs. Holger Rune
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Arthur Fils vs. Laslo Djere
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Pedro Martinez beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
• Luciano Darderi beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3