ATP Auckland: Carballes Baena makes quarter-finals
Roberto Carballes Baena won against Sebastian Ofner 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday night and will play American Ben Shelton, the top seed, in the next round
Roberto Carballes Baena AI/Reuters/Panoramic
Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner, the No 7 seed, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Auckland Open at the ASB Tennis Arena on Wednesday night.
Carballes Baena, ranked No 67, will face American Ben Shelton, the top seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Spaniard won against Roberto Bautista Agut (6-4, 6-3).
Ofner, ranked No 37, beat Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Auckland tournament.
Auckland ATP 250, other second-round results (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 739.945, most recent results first):
- Luca Van Assche vs. Cameron Norrie
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges: wednesday
- Ben Shelton beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-3, 6-4
- Taro Daniel beat Max Purcell (8): 6-2, 6-4
- Daniel Altmaier beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (4): 7-6 (9), 7-5
- Alexandre Muller (Q) beat Francisco Cerundolo (3): 6-1, 6-1
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