Munich Open: Cerundolo moves into last eight

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 5 seed, moved into the last eight of the Munich Open by winning against Kazakh lucky loser Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-2 at the MTTC Iphitos complex on Thursday afternoon.

Cerundolo, ranked No 22, will play Belgian David Goffin next.

The Argentinian beat German Jan-Lennard Struff (6-0, 6-2) in the previous round of the Munich tournament.

In the previous round of the Munich tournament, Shevchenko, ranked No 104, edged out Italian Flavio Cobolli (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4).

Munich ATP 500, other second-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 2.500.000, most recent results first):

• Ugo Humbert vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Zizou Bergs vs. Diego Dedura-Palomero
• David Goffin beat Mariano Navone: 0-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Yannick Hanfmann (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (1) beat Daniel Altmaier (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Ben Shelton (2) beat Botic van de Zandschulp (LL): 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Luciano Darderi beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4