Rinderknech takes down Tiafoe, into Lyon quarter-finals

Arthur Rinderknech reached the last eight of the Lyon Open by beating American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (7), 6-4 at Parc de la Tête d’or on Wednesday afternoon.

Rinderknech, ranked No 73, will play Italian Luciano Darderi on quarter-final Thursday. Ahead of his victory, the Frenchman edged out Daniel Evans (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)).

Tiafoe, ranked No 26, previously got past Spaniard Jaume Munar (7-6 (5), 6-4).

Lyon ATP 250, other second-round results:

• Hugo Gaston vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Dominik Koepfer beat Ugo Humbert (1): 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Luciano Darderi beat Adrian Mannarino (3): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 3-0 ret.
• Alexander Bublik (2) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 6-2
• Pavel Kotov beat Alexandre Muller (WC): 7-6 (8), 6-1