Almaty Open: Tabilo through to quarter-finals to face Diallo

Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo, the second seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Almaty Open by defeating German Maximilian Marterer 6-2, 6-4 at Almaty Arena on Wednesday.

Tabilo, ranked No 23, will play Canadian Gabriel Diallo next in what will be the Chilean’s ninth ATP Tour quarter-final. He becomes the first Chilean to win a match in this event.

Tabilo had received a bye in the first round while Marterer, ranked No 114, won against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of the tournament. The German drops to 2-21 against top 30 players in his career.

Almaty ATP 250, other second-round matches (Almaty Arena, hard, USD 1.036.700, most recent results first):

• Gabriel Diallo beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Justin Engel (WC): 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Tomas Machac
• Karen Khachanov vs. Otto Virtanen
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Daniel Evans
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Alexander Shevchenko

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