China Open: Cobolli reaches quarter-finals

Italian Flavio Cobolli advanced to the last eight of the China Open by winning against Russian qualifier Pavel Kotov 6-4, 6-2 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Saturday.

Cobolli, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the 22-year-old Italian edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)).

Kotov, ranked No 63, edged out Chinese wildcard Yi Zhou (1-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing ATP 500, other second-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.720.165, most recent results first):

• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Karen Khachanov vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jannik Sinner vs. Roman Safiullin
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Roberto Bautista Agut

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