Hangzhou Open: Chinese wildcard Bu upsets Khachanov to reach quarter-finals
Yunchaokete Bu beat Karen Khachanov 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3 on Friday. He’ll face Mikhail Kukushkin in the next round
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Chinese wildcard Bu Yunchaokete advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hangzhou Open by winning against Russian Karen Khachanov, the second seed, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center on Friday afternoon.
Bu, ranked No 124, will face Mikhail Kukushkin next.
The 22-year-old Chinese beat Frenchman Hugo Gaston (7-5, 6-3) in the previous round of the Hangzhou tournament.
Hangzhou ATP 250, other second-round results (Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, hard, USD 1.000.630, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Holger Rune vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Marin Cilic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Brandon Nakashima (4) beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (Q): 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Mikhail Kukushkin beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
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