Eastbourne Open: Nishioka makes quarter-finals
Yoshihito Nishioka won against Marcos Giron 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 3 seed, and Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic in the next round
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Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka defeated American Marcos Giron 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Nishioka, ranked No 102, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 3 seed, and Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic next.
Ahead of his victory, the Japanese won against wildcard Liam Broady (6-3, 6-4).
Giron, ranked No 46, beat Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 5 seed (7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.
Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Giles Hussey vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Max Purcell
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Juncheng Shang: wednesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez (4): 6-3, 6-2
- Billy Harris (WC) beat Charles Broom (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
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