Hall of Fame Open: Vukic advances to quarter-finals

Australian Aleksandar Vukic, the No 6 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Hall of Fame Open by beating American wildcard Eliot Spizzirri 6-2, 7-6 (3) at the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum in Newport on Wednesday evening.

Vukic, ranked No 65, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Ethan Quinn and No 4 seed Christopher Eubanks next.

In the previous round of the Newport tournament, the Australian won against Chak Lam Coleman Wong (6-1, 6-2).

Spizzirri, ranked No 393, won against Australian qualifier Li Tu (6-1, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Newport tournament.

Newport ATP 250, other second-round results (International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum, grass, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Benoit Paire vs. Marcos Giron
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Alex Bolt
• Ethan Quinn vs. Christopher Eubanks: wednesday
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Billy Harris (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Reilly Opelka (WC) beat Adrian Mannarino (1): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic beat Arthur Rinderknech (7): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
• Alex Michelsen (3) beat Maxime Cressy: 6-4, 6-4