Lyon Open: Draper continues winning return to reach last eight
Jack Draper won against Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday afternoon and will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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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.
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