Qatar Open: Rublev into quarter-finals

Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, reached the last eight of the Qatar Open by beating French wildcard Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday evening.

Rublev, ranked No 5, will face Jakub Mensik next in his fourth consecutive quarter-final of 2024.

Rublev has now got a 14-1 record against French players since the start of 2022, with his sole defeat coming to Ugo Humbert at Beijing in 2023.

In the previous round of the Doha tournament, Gasquet, ranked No 126, won against Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (6-4, 6-4).

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
• Ugo Humbert (3) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-4, 6-1
• 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