Marseille Open: Khachanov moves into semi-finals
Karen Khachanov won against Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-1 on Friday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, in the next round
Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 3 seed, reached the last 4 of the Marseille Open by winning against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-1 at the Palais des sports on Friday evening.
Khachanov, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, next.
In the previous round of the Marseille tournament, the Russian beat Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (6-2, 6-2).
Zhang, ranked No 50, edged out Italian lucky loser Giulio Zeppieri (6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4) and won against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 7 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Marseille tournament.
Marseille ATP 250, other quarter-finals results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Hubert Hurkacz (1) beat Tomas Machac: 6-3, 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (4) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5): 6-1, 6-4