Portuguese Open: Kecmanovic through to last four
Miomir Kecmanovic beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5, 6-2 on Friday afternoon and will play Italian Marco Cecchinato in the next round
Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 6 seed, won against Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-5, 6-2 to move into the last 4 of the Portuguese Open at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Friday afternoon.
Kecmanovic, ranked No 40, will play Italian Marco Cecchinato next.
The Serb beat Italian Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-1) and Austrian Jurij Rodionov (6-0, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Estoril Open, Zapata Miralles, ranked No 43, defeated Portuguese qualifier Henrique Rocha (6-4, 6-2) and Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the second seed (6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2).
Estoril ATP250, other quarter-finals results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Baez
- Quentin Halys vs. Dominic Thiem
- Marco Cecchinato beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (3): 7-5, 7-6 (5)