Eastbourne Open: McDonald into last eight

Mackenzie McDonald advanced to the last eight of the Eastbourne Open by defeating top seed Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday.

McDonald, ranked No 64, will play Swede Mikael Ymer next.

In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Mackenzie McDonald won against Italian Marco Cecchinato (6-3, 6-3).

Eastbourne ATP250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):

• Tommy Paul (2) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 7-6 (7)
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Maxime Cressy: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf beat Luca Van Assche (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Mikael Ymer beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Gregoire Barrere beat Nicolas Jarry (5): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic (8) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4