ATP Adelaide: O’Connell advances to last eight
Christopher O’Connell won against Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and American Sebastian Korda, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Australian wildcard Christopher O’Connell beat Russian Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Adelaide Open at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Wednesday night.
O’Connell, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and American Sebastian Korda, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian won against French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech (6-4, 6-4).
Shevchenko, ranked No 48, edged out Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 6 seed (7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.
Adelaide ATP 250, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jordan Thompson
- Daniel Evans vs. Alexander Bublik
- Tommy Paul vs. Alex Bolt
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Sebastian Korda
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jack Draper
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Nicolas Jarry
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