Qatar Open: Draper books spot in last eight
Jack Draper beat Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Matteo Berrettini and Tallon Griekspoor next
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No 8 seed Jack Draper advanced to the last eight of the Qatar Open by winning against Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell 6-2, 6-1 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.
Draper, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.
Ahead of his victory, Jack Draper beat Australian Alexei Popyrin (6-2, 7-6 (4)).
O’Connell, ranked No 82, won against Lebanese wildcard Hady Habib (7-6 (7), 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Doha tournament.
Doha ATP 500, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 3.035.960, most recent results first):
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Luca Nardi
- Zizou Bergs vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (2) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (Q): 6-4, 6-4
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