Auckland Open: Halys into last eight

Frenchman Quentin Halys beat American Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Auckland Open at the ASB Tennis Centre on Wednesday.

Halys, ranked No 64, will play American Jenson Brooksby next.

The Frenchman won against Slovak Alex Molcan (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Auckland tournament.

During the first round of the Auckland tournament, Shelton, ranked No 92, defeated Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 7 seed (7-6 (1), 6-1).

Auckland ATP250, other second-round results (ASB Tennis Centre, hard, most recent results first):

• Constant Lestienne vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Casper Ruud vs. Laslo Djere
• Christopher Eubanks vs. David Goffin: wednesday
• Richard Gasquet beat João Sousa (LL): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Jiri Lehecka (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Jenson Brooksby beat Diego Schwartzman (3): 6-1, 0-0 ret.
• Marcos Giron beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4