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yAuckland Open: Halys into last eight
Quentin Halys beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday and will face American Jenson Brooksby in the next round
Frenchman Quentin Halys beat American Ben Shelton 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Auckland Open at the ASB Tennis Centre on Wednesday.
Halys, ranked No 64, will play American Jenson Brooksby next.
The Frenchman won against Slovak Alex Molcan (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Auckland tournament.
During the first round of the Auckland tournament, Shelton, ranked No 92, defeated Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 7 seed (7-6 (1), 6-1).
Auckland ATP250, other second-round results (ASB Tennis Centre, hard, most recent results first):
- Constant Lestienne vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Casper Ruud vs. Laslo Djere
- Christopher Eubanks vs. David Goffin: wednesday
- Richard Gasquet beat João Sousa (LL): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Jiri Lehecka (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
- Jenson Brooksby beat Diego Schwartzman (3): 6-1, 0-0 ret.
- Marcos Giron beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-4
