Hamburg Open: Martinez beats Blanchet to reach quarter-finals

Spaniard Pedro Martinez advanced to the last eight of the Hamburg Open by edging out French qualifier Ugo Blanchet 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center.

Martinez, ranked No 49, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 4 seed, next.

The Spaniard defeated Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 6 seed (7-6 (4), 6-1) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Hamburg tournament, Blanchet, ranked No 161, won against Australian Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2).

Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round results (Rothenbaum Tennis Center, clay, EUR 1.891.995, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Hugo Gaston
• Marco Trungelliti vs. Holger Rune
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Arthur Fils vs. Laslo Djere
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Sebastian Baez
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Maximilian Marterer (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Luciano Darderi (7) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3