Marseille Open: Bublik moves into quarter-finals

Kazakh Alexander Bublik moved into the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open by winning against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-4, 6-2 at the Palais des sports de Marseille on Wednesday evening.

Bublik, ranked No 50, will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 4 seed, and Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer next.

Ahead of his victory, the Kazakh edged out Serb Filip Krajinovic (5-7, 6-3, 6-4).

Barrere, ranked No 58, beat Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler, the No 8 seed (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Open de Provence.

Marseille ATP250, other second-round results (Palais des sports de Marseille, hard, EUR 707.510, most recent results first):

• Arthur Fils vs. Jannik Sinner
• Alexander Ritschard vs. Alex De Minaur
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Mikael Ymer vs. David Goffin
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Leandro Riedi
• Richard Gasquet vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Maxime Cressy (5): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3