Astana Open: Ofner moves into quarter-finals, beating local hero Bublik
Sebastian Ofner won against Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday afternoon and will face Austrian Dominic Thiem in the next round
Sebastian Ofner, 2023 (Zuma / Panoramic)
Austrian Sebastian Ofner reached the quarter-finals of the Astana Open by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Daulet National Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.
Ofner, ranked No 58, will face Austrian Dominic Thiem next.
The Austrian defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (2-6, 6-2, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
Astana ATP250, other second-round results (Daulet National Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.017.850, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem beat Marcos Giron: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2)
- Sebastian Korda (5) beat Nuno Borges: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Tallon Griekspoor (1) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-1
- Jurij Rodionov (Q) beat Sebastian Baez (2): 6-2, 6-4
- Hamad Medjedovic (WC) beat Alexander Shevchenko (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka (4) beat Egor Gerasimov (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Adrian Mannarino (6) beat Alibek Kachmazov (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
