Hamburg Open: Darderi edges past Shevchenko to move into quarter-finals
Luciano Darderi beat Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. He’ll play the winner of the match between Dusan Lajovic and Sebastian Baez in the next round
Luciano Darderi – Imago / Panoramic
Italian Luciano Darderi, the No 7 seed, moved into the last eight of the Hamburg Open by defeating Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center.
Darderi, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Serb Dusan Lajovic and Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Hamburg tournament, the 22-year-old Italian won against Dominican lucky loser Nick Hardt (6-1, 2-6, 6-0).
Shevchenko, ranked No 56, edged out German wildcard Rudolf Molleker (6-4, 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Hamburg tournament.
Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round results (Rothenbaum Tennis Center, clay, EUR 1.891.995, most recent results first):
- Marco Trungelliti vs. Holger Rune
- Arthur Fils vs. Laslo Djere
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Sebastian Baez
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Ugo Blanchet vs. Pedro Martinez: wednesday
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