Stockholm Open: De Minaur snuffs out Wolf to reach quarters, plays Shapovalov next

Australian Alex de Minaur, the No 5 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open by beating American J.J. Wolf 6-4, 6-2 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Thursday afternoon.

De Minaur, ranked No 23, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Stockholm, the Australian won against Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (6-3, 6-1).

Wolf, ranked No 56, defeated Slovak Alex Molcan (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the Stockholm.

Stockholm ATP 250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Elias Ymer
• Mikael Ymer vs. Tommy Paul
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Jiri Lehecka: thursday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (1) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12)
• Holger Rune (7) beat Cristian Garin: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Denis Shapovalov beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4