Hong Kong Open: Fils moves into quarter-finals

Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 4 seed, beat Belgian wildcard Zizou Bergs 7-6 (7), 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the Hong Kong Open at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

It took Fils an hour, 41 minutes to beat Bergs. The opening set saw the two cancel each other out on two breaks of serves, thus, inducing a tiebreaker.

The Frenchman raised the bar slightly in the second set, securing two breaks to Bergs’ one and earned the win.

Fils comes through in two✌️

Arthur Fils defeats Bergs 7-6 6-4 in a close contest in Hong Kong #BOCHKTO pic.twitter.com/1uIwLqb4gO

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) January 1, 2025

Fils, ranked No 20, will play Frenchman Alexandre Muller next.

In the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament, Bergs, ranked No 71, won against Spanish qualifier Alejandro Moro Canas (6-4, 6-4).

Hong Kong ATP 250, other second-round results (Victoria Park Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766.290, most recent results first):

• Andrey Rublev vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Juncheng Shang vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Nuno Borges vs. Jaume Munar
• Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori
• Alexandre Muller beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (10)
• Cameron Norrie beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

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