Florence Open: No 1 seed Auger-Aliassime into quarter-finals vs. Nakashima

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Florence Open by winning against German Oscar Otte 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2 at the Palazzo Wanny on Thursday evening.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 13, will face American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed, next.

Otte, ranked No 55, defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (3-6, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Florence.

Florence ATP 250, other second-round results (Palazzo Wanny, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti (3) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 6-0
• Brandon Nakashima beat Altug Celikbilek (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Alexander Bublik (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Matteo Berrettini (2): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5
• J.J. Wolf beat Maxime Cressy (4): 6-3, 6-4
• Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev (5): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-1