Seeds continue falling in Marrakech as Vukic takes out Ofner

Australian Aleksandar Vukic reached the quarter-finals of the Marrakech Open by edging out Austrian Sebastian Ofner, the second seed, 7-6 (11), 2-6, 7-6 (7) at Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech on Thursday evening.

En route to victory, Vukic saved a match point in the two hour, 48 minute epic.

Vukic, ranked No 67, will play Argentinian Mariano Navone, the No 7 seed, next.

The Australian won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-3, 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.

Marrakech ATP 250, other second-round results (Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Mariano Navone beat Stan Wawrinka: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (Q) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Daniel Evans (3): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Fabio Fognini (Q) beat Laslo Djere (1): 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-4
• Matteo Berrettini beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Pavel Kotov beat Flavio Cobolli (8): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Lorenzo Sonego (4) beat Sumit Nagal: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4