Korea Open: Brooksby books spot in quarter-finals, Norrie next

American Jenson Brooksby, the No 8 seed, defeated SoonWoo Kwon 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Korea Open at the Seoul Olympic Park on Thursday.

Brooksby, ranked No 46, will face second seed Cameron Norrie next.

In the previous round of the Seoul, the 21-year-old American won against qualifier Tung-lin Wu (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0). Kwon, ranked No 121, won against qualifier Yunseong Chung (7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1).

Seoul ATP 250, other second-round matchs (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.237.570, most recent results first):

• Casper Ruud vs. Nicolas Jarry : Thursday in Seoul
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Mackenzie McDonald : Thursday in Seoul
• Taro Daniel vs. Yoshihito Nishioka : Thursday in Seoul
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic : Thursday in Seoul
• Cameron Norrie beat Kaichi Uchida (WC) : Thursday in Seoul
• Radu Albot beat Steve Johnson: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 6-4