Eastbourne Open: Purcell moves into last eight

Australian qualifier Max Purcell moved into the last eight of the Eastbourne Open by winning against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-4 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday afternoon.

Purcell, ranked No 94, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.

The Australian defeated Serb Laslo Djere (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Sonego, ranked No 57, beat lucky loser Henry Searle (6-3, 6-2).

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
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez (4): 6-3, 6-2
• Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) beat Marcos Giron: 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Charles Broom (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2