Winston-Salem Open: Purcell edged out Griekspoor to qualify for the quarter-finals

Australian Max Purcell, one of the in-form players of this summer, moved into the last eight of the Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday by beating Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the second seed, in two tight sets (7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)).

Purcell, ranked No 47, will face the winner of the match between No 5 seed Jiri Lehecka and German Dominik Koepfer next.

In the previous rounds of the Winston-Salem tournament, the Australian defeated Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-4, 6-1) and Russian lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov (6-4, 6-1).

Griekspoor, ranked No 25, benefited from the abandonment of Jack Draper (7-6 (8)) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

Winston-Salem ATP250, other last 16 results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760.930, most recent results first):

• Laslo Djere vs. Alex Michelsen
• Borna Coric vs. Michael Mmoh
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Omni Kumar
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Richard Gasquet: wednesday
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Baez: wednesday
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Marton Fucsovics (14): 7-6 (5), 6-3