Montpellier Open: Rune beats Huesler (at last) to reach the quarter-finals

Dane Holger Rune, the top seed, advanced to the last eight of the Montpellier Open by beating Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Sud de France Arena on Thursday evening.

Rune, ranked No 9 at the ATP, had lost twice against the Swiss in 2022.

The Rolex-Paris Masters champion will play the winner of the match between Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili and Frenchman Gregoire Barrere next, the last Round of 16 match to be played.

Huesler, ranked No 49, won against French wildcard Luca Van Assche (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous round.

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

• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Gregoire Barrere : Thursday in Montpellier
• Borna Coric (3) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-5
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5): 6-3, 6-3
• Maxime Cressy beat Emil Ruusuvuori (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (4): 6-3, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marton Fucsovics : W.O.

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