Hong Kong Open: Munar upsets fifth seed Borges to make last eight
The Spaniard will play the winner of the match between Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, in the next round
Jaume Munar, 2022 | © AF / Panoramic
Spaniard Jaume Munar reached the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open by winning against Portuguese Nuno Borges, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Victoria Park Tennis Centre on Thursday.
Munar, ranked No 62, will play the winner of the match between Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the second seed, next.
The Spaniard beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the tournament.
In the first round, Borges, ranked No 36, edged out Chinese Yunchaokete Bu (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)).
Hong Kong ATP 250, other second-round matches (Victoria Park Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766,290):
- Kei Nishikori (WC) beat Karen Khachanov (3): 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Arthur Fils (4) beat Zizou Bergs (WC): 7-6 (7), 6-4
- Alexandre Muller beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (10)
- Cameron Norrie beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
- Andrey Rublev vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Juncheng Shang vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Lorenzo Musetti
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