ATP Auckland: Borges books spot in last eight

Portugal’s Nuno Borges, the No 7 seed, edged out Argentinian Mariano Navone 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the last eight of the ASB Classic on Wednesday.

Borges, ranked No 36, will play the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the top seed, and Jakub Mensik next at the ASB Tennis Arena.

In the previous round of the tournament, the Portuguese edged out Italian Luciano Darderi (5-7, 6-3, 7-5).

Navone, ranked No 46, defeated French lucky loser Adrian Mannarino (7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-1) in the first round of the tournament.

Auckland ATP 250, other second-round matches (ASB Tennis Arena, hard, USD 766,290):

• Gael Monfils beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Francisco Cerundolo (4): 6-2, 7-5
• Facundo Diaz Acosta (LL) beat Sebastian Baez (3): 6-4, 7-6 (1)
• Alex Michelsen (8) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Nishesh Basavareddy (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo (2): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs (Q) beat Luca Nardi (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Ben Shelton vs. Jakub Mensik

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