Nordea Open: Baez advances to quarter-finals over Davidovich Fokina
Sebastian Baez defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday evening. He’ll face Austrian Dominic Thiem in the next round
Sebastian Baez | © Panoramic
Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 8 seed, defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Thursday evening.
Baez, ranked No 34, will play Austrian Dominic Thiem next.
The 21-year-old Argentinian won against Italian lucky loser Fabio Fognini (6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory. Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 36, won against Portuguese João Sousa (6-4, 6-2).
Bastad ATP 250, other second-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem beat Roberto Bautista Agut (4): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (2) beat Federico Coria: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Laslo Djere beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Aslan Karatsev beat Hugo Gaston: 6-2, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman (3) beat Elias Ymer (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Francisco Cerundolo beat Casper Ruud (1): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Albert Ramos Vinolas: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
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