ATP Adelaide: Kecmanovic advances to last eight
Miomir Kecmanovic won against Christopher O’Connell 7-6 (1), 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Li Tu and French qualifier Benjamin Bonzi in the next round
Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in action during his second round match against France’s Benoit Paire (REUTERS/Carl Recine)
Serb Miomir Kecmanovic reached the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International by winning against Australian Christopher O’Connell 7-6 (1), 6-2 at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Kecmanovic, ranked No 55, will face the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Li Tu and French qualifier Benjamin Bonzi next.
The Serb defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 6 seed (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the tournament.
Earlier in the week, O’Connell, ranked No 64, won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (7-5, 7-6 (5)).
Adelaide ATP 250, other second-round matches (Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, hard, USD 766,290):
- Marcos Giron beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-5, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (5) beat Arthur Cazaux: 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Tommy Paul vs. Manuel Guinard
- Li Tu vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Sebastian Korda
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima
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