Winston-Salem Open: Lehecka into quarter-finals, to meet Purcell next

Fifth seed Jiri Lehecka reached the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open by edging out German Dominik Koepfer 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Lehecka, ranked No 35 in the world, will face in-form Australian Max Purcell next.

🎱 Quarterfinal feels for @jirilehecka #wsopen pic.twitter.com/HcYKJA6QPO

— Winston-Salem Open (@WSOpen) August 24, 2023

The Czech won against American qualifier Mitchell Krueger (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

In the earlier rounds of the Winston-Salem tournament, Koepfer, ranked No 78, edged out Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)) and beat American lucky loser Strong Kirchheimer (6-3, 6-2).

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

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Omni Kumar (LL): 7-5, 6-3
• 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
• Borna Coric vs. Michael Mmoh

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