Montpellier Open: Halys beats Davidovich Fokina, meets wild card Fils in quarter-final

Frenchman Quentin Halys advanced to the last eight of the Montpellier Open by winning against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 6-3 at the Sud de France Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Halys, ranked No 70, will play French wildcard Arthur Fils next.

In the previous round of the Montpellier tournament, the Frenchman edged out qualifier Clement Chidekh (7-5, 2-6, 7-5).

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 32, benefited from the abandonment of French wildcard Ugo Humbert (1-6, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Montpellier tournament.

Montpellier ATP250, other second-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Holger Rune vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Borna Coric vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Filip Krajinovic: thursday
• Maxime Cressy beat Emil Ruusuvuori (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Fils beat Roberto Bautista Agut (4): 6-3, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Jannik Sinner