Geneva Open: Shevchenko into quarter-finals
Alexander Shevchenko benefited from the forfeit of Emil Ruusuvuori on Tuesday evening. He’ll play the winner of the match between Italian Flavio Cobolli and American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed, in the next round
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Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko reached the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open after Finn Emil Ruusuvuori withdrew before the match at Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives on Tuesday evening.
Shevchenko, ranked No 61, will face the winner of the match between Italian Flavio Cobolli and American Ben Shelton, the No 4 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Geneva tournament, the Kazakh defeated Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 7 seed (6-4, 7-6 (4)).
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 66, won against American Marcos Giron (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Geneva tournament.
Geneva ATP 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club de Genève, Parc des Eaux-Vives, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Casper Ruud
- Sebastian Baez vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Tomas Machac
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alex Michelsen
- Novak Djokovic vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Ben Shelton
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