Hamburg Open: Fils too strong for Djere, advances to last eight
Arthur Fils beat Laslo Djere 7-6 (3), 6-2. He’ll face the winner of the match between Marco Trungelliti and Holger Rune, the second seed, in the next round
Arthur Fils – Zuma/Panoramic
Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 5 seed, beat Serb Laslo Djere 7-6 (3), 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center.
Fils, ranked No 28, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti and Dane Holger Rune, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the 20-year-old Frenchman defeated Spaniard Jaume Munar (5-7, 6-3, 6-1).
Djere, ranked No 57, beat Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-3, 7-6 (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):
- Alexander Zverev vs. Hugo Gaston
- Marco Trungelliti vs. Holger Rune
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Sebastian Baez (3) beat Dusan Lajovic: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (WC): 6-0, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez beat Ugo Blanchet (Q): 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
- Luciano Darderi (7) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
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