Hong Kong Open: Ofner moves into last 8

Austrian Sebastian Ofner advanced to the last eight of the Hong Kong Open by edging out German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 5 seed, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium in Hong Kong on Thursday night.

Ofner, ranked No 43, will face Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut next.

Ahead of his victory, the Austrian defeated American Mackenzie McDonald (6-1, 6-2).

Struff, ranked No 25, edged out Croat Marin Čilić (3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7)) in the previous round of the Hong Kong tournament.

Hong Kong ATP 250, other second-round results (Victoria Park Tennis Stadium, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Andrey Rublev vs. Liam Broady
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Francisco Cerundolo (4): 7-5, 6-3
• Pavel Kotov beat Lorenzo Musetti (6): 6-4, 6-3
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Karen Khachanov (2): 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (3) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2)