Marseille Open: Davidovich Fokina makes last eight

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open by winning against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3, 7-5 at the Palais des sports on Thursday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 24, will face No 4 seed Ugo Humbert next.

The Spaniard edged out Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Marseille tournament.

In the previous round of the Marseille tournament, Ruusuvuori, ranked No 55, defeated Frenchman Luca Van Assche (7-6 (2), 6-4).

Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):

• Jiri Lehecka vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Sebastian Korda vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Zhizhen Zhang: thursday
• Ugo Humbert beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (3) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Machac beat Lorenzo Musetti (6): 6-3, 6-2