Lyon Open: Draper continues winning return to reach last eight

Britain’s Jack Draper reached the last eight of the Lyon Open by beating Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday.

Draper, ranked No 60, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, next.

Jack Draper won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-2, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Lyon tournament, Kecmanovic, ranked No 36, defeated Spanish lucky loser Oriol Roca-Batalla (6-1, 6-3).

Lyon ATP250, other second-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
• Arthur Fils vs. Mikael Ymer
• David Goffin vs. Cameron Norrie
• Sebastian Baez vs. Pedro Cachin
• Tommy Paul vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Brandon Nakashima: tuesday
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-2 ret.