Montpellier Open: Coric makes last four, sets up clash with Rune
Borna Coric won against Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-4 on Friday evening and will face Dane Holger Rune, the top seed, in the next round
Croat Borna Coric, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last four of the Montpellier Open by winning against Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena on Friday evening.
Coric, ranked No 37, will play Dane Holger Rune, the top seed, next.
In the previous round of the Montpellier tournament, the Croat beat Spaniard Pedro Martinez (6-4, 6-0).
Cobolli, ranked No 76, won against Frenchman Gael Monfils, the No 8 seed (6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-0) and Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-4, 6-1) in the previous rounds of the Montpellier tournament.
Montpellier ATP 250, other last eight results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Holger Rune beat Michael Mmoh: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (3) beat Harold Mayot (WC): 7-5, 6-1
- Alexander Bublik (2) beat Alexander Shevchenko (6): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4