Lyon Open: Etcheverry through to last eight after Seyboth Wild retirement
Tomas Martin Etcheverry benefited from the abandonment of Thiago Seyboth Wild (7-5, 3-0) on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the top seed, and German Dominik Koepfer in the next round
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Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 6 seed, advanced to the last 8 of the Lyon Open when Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild retired on Wednesday at Parc de la Tête d’or.
Etcheverry, ranked No 29, led 7-5, 3-0 when Seyboth Wild, ranked No 58, pulled out on Wednesday at Parc de la Tête d’or.
The Argentinian will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the top seed, and German Dominik Koepfer next.
Tomas Martin Etcheverry defeated Spanish qualifier Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo (1-6, 6-2, 6-2) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Lyon tournament, the Brazilian won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez (6-4, 6-1).
Lyon ATP 250, other second-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Hugo Gaston vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Ugo Humbert vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Luciano Darderi: wednesday
- Alexander Bublik (2) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-2
- Pavel Kotov beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 7-6 (8), 6-1
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