Marseille Open: Medjedovic stuns Khachanov in first round

Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic won against Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 3 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports on Wednesday evening.

Medjedovic, ranked No 96, will face German Daniel Altmaier next.

The 21-year-old Serb beat Belgian Raphael Collignon (6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 767.545, most recent results first):

• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Hugo Grenier
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Nuno Borges vs. Zizou Bergs
• Alexander Bublik vs. Ugo Humbert
• Daniel Altmaier beat Otto Virtanen: 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Luca Van Assche