Qatar Open: Popyrin books spot in last eight
Alexei Popyrin defeated Hugo Grenier 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-1 on Wednesday. He’ll face Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 4 seed, in the next round
Alexei Popyrin in Doha (Imago/Panoramic)
Australian Alexei Popyrin reached the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open by winning against French qualifier Hugo Grenier 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-1 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.
Popyrin, ranked No 46, will face Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 4 seed, next.
The Australian edged out Jordanian wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Doha tournament.
In the first round of the Doha tournament, Grenier, ranked No 151, defeated German lucky loser Maximilian Marterer (7-6 (5), 7-5).
Doha ATP 250, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Richard Gasquet
- Ugo Humbert vs. Pavel Kotov: wednesday
- Andy Murray vs. Jakub Mensik: wednesday
- Alexander Bublik beat Marton Fucsovics: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (2) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 7-5
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-3
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