Adelaide Open: Bublik makes quarter-finals

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 8 seed, moved into the last eight of the Adelaide Open by defeating Daniel Evans 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Wednesday night.

Bublik, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 4 seed, and Australian Jordan Thompson next.

Ahead of his victory, the Kazakh won against Australian lucky loser James McCabe (6-2, 6-3).

Evans, ranked No 40, beat Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Adelaide tournament.

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Adelaide ATP 250, other second-round results (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 661.585, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jordan Thompson: wednesday
• Jiri Lehecka (7) beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (1) beat Alex Bolt (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Jack Draper beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 5-7, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (7)
• Nicolas Jarry (2) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell (WC) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-1