Bublik bounces Ramos-Vinolas in Basel, moves into last eight

Kazakh Alexander Bublik reached the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors by winning against Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-3 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basel on Thursday afternoon.

Bublik, ranked No 38, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 3 seed, and Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.

The Kazakh beat Russian lucky loser Aslan Karatsev (6-3, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round.

During the first round, Ramos-Vinolas, ranked No 40, edged out Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 8 seed (1-6, 6-3, 6-4).

Basle ATP 500, other second-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.135.350, most recent results first):

• Holger Rune vs. Ugo Humbert
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Andy Murray: thursday
• Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Dominic Stricker (WC): 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 6-2
• Arthur Rinderknech (Q) beat Alex Molcan: 6-2, 6-4

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