Barcelona Open: Acosta reaches last 8
Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta moved into the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by winning against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 17 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday afternoon.
Acosta, ranked No 53, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena and Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, next.
The Argentinian beat Spanish wildcard Daniel Rincon (6-1, 6-4) and Croat Borna Coric, the No 15 seed (6-2, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Barcelona tournament.
In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, Marozsan, ranked No 39, benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-0, 3-2).
Barcelona ATP 500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Fils
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: thursday
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Jordan Thompson (14): 6-1, 6-4
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 6-3, 6-0
- Dusan Lajovic beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (11): 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Brandon Nakashima: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (WC): 6-4, 6-3
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