Belgrade Open: Wildcard Djere moves into quarters

Serbian wildcard Laslo Djere won against Croat lucky loser Duje Ajdukovic 6-1, 7-6 (8) to move into the last 8 of the Belgrade Open at the Belgrade Arena on Wednesday evening.

Djere, ranked No 141, will play Hungarian Fabian Marozsan next.

In the previous round of the Belgrade tournament, the Serb defeated Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 6-4).

Belgrade ATP 250, other second-round results (Belgrade Arena, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Fabian Marozsan beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (Q) beat Nuno Borges (5): 6-2, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-1
• Francisco Cerundolo (3) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
• 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 (WC) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 7-6 (5), 6-4