Winston-Salem Open: Top seed Coric battles past Mmoh to reach last eight

Croat Borna Coric, the top seed, survived a tough three-set battle against American wildcard Michael Mmoh to reach the last eight of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Coric overcame the loss of the second set in a tiebreaker to win 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 to set up a quarter-final clash against Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

The Croat defeated Australian Rinky Hijikata (6-2, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

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Top seed @borna_coric finally overcomes Mmoh in a tough contest to reach the QF in Winston-Salem!@WSOpen pic.twitter.com/tej4C2da7N

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 24, 2023

Earlier in the tournament, Mmoh, ranked No 94, won against Barbadian qualifier Darian King (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) and No 13 seed Marcos Giron (6-3, 6-4).

Winston-Salem ATP250, other round of 16 matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930)

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Omni Kumar (LL): 7-5, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (5) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Max Purcell beat Tallon Griekspoor (2): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Aleksandar Vukic (9): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Marton Fucsovics (14): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Laslo Djere vs. Alex Michelsen

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