Geneva Open: O’Connell moves into quarter-finals as seventh seed Zapata Miralles retires

Australian Christopher O’Connell advanced to the last eight of the Geneva Open when Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 7 seed, retired at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Wednesday.

O’Connell, ranked No 85, led 6-0, 3-0 when Zapata Miralles, ranked No 37, pulled out at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives.

The Australian will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, Christopher O’Connell won against Croat qualifier Nino Serdarusic (7-6 (5), 6-7 (1), 6-1).

The Spaniard beat Ukrainian qualifier Vitaliy Sachko (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Geneva tournament.

Geneva ATP250, other second round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 562.815):

• Yibing Wu beat Marco Cecchinato: 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (3) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-2, 6-3
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Casper Ruud vs. J.J. Wolf
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Marcos Giron vs. Taylor Fritz
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Ilya Ivashka

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