Stockholm Open: Tiafoe through to quarter-finals, defeating local hope E. Ymer 7-6 in the third

American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, edged out Swede wildcard Elias Ymer 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to move into the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Thursday evening.

Tiafoe, ranked No 17, will face Finn Emil Ruusuvuori next.

In the previous round of the Stockholm, Ymer, ranked No 129, won against German Oscar Otte (7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-3).

Stockholm ATP 250, full results in the draw order (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, indoor):

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