Qatar Open: Humbert moves into quarter-finals
Ugo Humbert won against Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between French wildcard Gael Monfils and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang in the next round
Ugo Humbert at the 2024 Australian Open (Virginie Bouyer/Panoramic)
Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 3 seed, reached the last 8 of the Qatar Open by beating Russian Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-1 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday evening.
Humbert, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between French wildcard Gael Monfils and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang next.
In the previous round of the Doha tournament, Kotov, ranked No 64, won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-2, 7-5).
Doha ATP 250, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Richard Gasquet
- Alexei Popyrin beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-1
- Jakub Mensik beat Andy Murray: 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4)
- Alexander Bublik (4) beat Marton Fucsovics: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (2) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 7-5
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-3
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