Croatia Open: Sonego wins all-Italian clash, books spot in quarter-finals
Lorenzo Sonego defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Thursday evening. He’ll play Spaniard Jaume Munar in the next round
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Second seed Lorenzo Sonego has defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-1, 7-6 (7) to reach the Croatia Open quarter-finals in Umag on Thursday evening.
The all-Italian match was only the second time the two compatriots have met on the ATP Tour, with Sonego also winning their other clash. Sonego, ranked No 43, will face Spaniard Jaume Munar next.
In the previous round of the Umag tournament, Cecchinato, ranked No 96, beat Russian Alexander Shevchenko (4-6, 7-6, 6-3).
Umag ATP250, other second-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Jaume Munar beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka (6) beat Federico Coria: 7-5, 6-1
- Roberto Carballes Baena (4) beat Taro Daniel: 6-3, 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka (1) beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 7-5
- Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Zsombor Piros: 6-2, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Alexei Popyrin beat Sebastian Ofner (3): 6-4, 6-1
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