Cressy serves-and-volleys his way to Winston-Salem quarter-finals

American Maxime Cressy, the No 4 seed, reached the last 8 of the Winston-Salem Open by edging out Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the No 14 seed, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (3) at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday night.

Cressy, ranked No 34, will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino next.

Ahead of his victory, the American won against Australian James Duckworth (6-3, 6-3).

Sonego, ranked No 63, defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (7-5, 6-1) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem.

Winston-Salem ATP 250, other last 16 results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 823.420, most recent results first):

• Botic van de Zandschulp (2) beat Jaume Munar (15): 6-3, 6-3
• Jason Kubler vs. Laslo Djere: wednesday
• Adrian Mannarino beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas (8): 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet beat Steve Johnson: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3