Astana Open: Hurkacz through to quarter-finals defeating local hero Bublik, Tsitsipas next

Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, moved into the last eight of the Astana Open by defeating Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-4 at the Daulet National Tennis Center in Nur-Sultan on Thursday.

Hurkacz, ranked No 10, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 3 seed, next.

The Pole won against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (6-2, 7-6 (2)) ahead of his victory.

Bublik, ranked No 43, beat Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor (6-0, 4-6, 6-3) in front of his home crowd.

Nur-Sultan ATP 250, other second-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, USD 1.900.000, most recent results first):

• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev : Thursday in Nur-Sultan
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Novak Djokovic : Thursday in Nur-Sultan
• Karen Khachanov beat Marin Čilić (9): 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Luca Nardi (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3)
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Pavel Kotov (LL): 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Adrian Mannarino beat David Goffin (LL): 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Zhizhen Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-2