Swiss Open: Fognini through to last eight
Fabio Fognini edged out Juan Pablo Varillas 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Wednesday night and will play the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, and Serb Hamad Medjedovic in the next round
Fabio Fognini – Zuma / Panoramic
Italian Fabio Fognini, the No 7 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open by edging out Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 at the Roy Emerson Arena.
Fognini, ranked No 80, will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, and Serb Hamad Medjedovic next.
The 37-year-old Italian defeated French qualifier Titouan Droguet (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Gstaad tournament.
In the previous round of the Gstaad tournament, Varillas, ranked No 162, edged out Austrian Dominic Thiem (6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4)).
Gstaad ATP 250, other second-round results (Roy Emerson Arena, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Gustavo Heide vs. Ugo Humbert
- Lukas Klein vs. Quentin Halys
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Leandro Riedi
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
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