Korea Open: Albot will play Shapovalov in quarter finals

Radu Albot moved into the quarter-finals of the Korea Open by winning against American Steve Johnson 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3) at the Seoul Olympic Park on Wednesday night. Albot, ranked No 91, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 4 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Seoul, Radu Albot defeated Japanese lucky loser Hiroki Moriya (6-3, 6-4). Johnson, ranked No 117, beat wildcard JiSung Nam (7-6 (3), 6-4).

Seoul ATP 250, other second-round matches (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.237.570, most recent results first):

• Casper Ruud vs. Nicolas Jarry: soon in Seoul
• Taylor Fritz vs. Mackenzie McDonald: soon in Seoul
• Taro Daniel vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: soon in Seoul
• Jenson Brooksby vs. SoonWoo Kwon: soon in Seoul
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: soon in Seoul
• Kaichi Uchida vs. Cameron Norrie : soon in Seoul
• Denis Shapovalov beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 6-4