Belgrade Open: Cerundolo advances to quarter-finals
Francisco Cerundolo beat Roman Safiullin in straight sets on Wednesday and will face Serb wildcard Hamad Medjedovic next
Francisco Cerundolo (Gepa/Panoramic)
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 3 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Belgrade Open by defeating Russian Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4 at the Belgrade Arena on Wednesday.
Cerundolo, ranked No 29, will face Serb wildcard Hamad Medjedovic next.
Safiullin, ranked No 60, won against Italian Fabio Fognini (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round of the Belgrade tournament.
Belgrade ATP 250, other second-round results (Belgrade Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Duje Ajdukovic vs. Laslo Djere
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Nuno Borges
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Jiri Lehecka (4) beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Lukas Klein (Q) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (7): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Hamad Medjedovic beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (5), 6-4
