Monte-Carlo Masters: Borges battles into last 16

Portuguese Nuno Borges edged out Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday.

Borges, ranked No 43, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 6 seed, next. The Portuguese had two match points in the second set and then trailed 4-1 in the decider before rallying for victory.

Borges benefitted from the abandonment of Dane Holger Rune, the No 10 seed (6-2, 3-0) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Martinez Portero, ranked No 51, won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 1-6, 6-2).

Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 6.128.940, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexandre Muller
• Valentin Vacherot vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Casper Ruud
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Tomas Machac vs. Alex De Minaur
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Carlos Alcaraz: wednesday
• Andrey Rublev vs. Gael Monfils: wednesday
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Arthur Fils: wednesday
• Daniel Altmaier (Q) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (13) beat Jiri Lehecka: 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Jack Draper (5) beat Marcos Giron: 6-1, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Alexander Zverev (1): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5