Banja Luka Open: Second seed Rublev moves into last eight
Andrey Rublev won against Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday. He’ll face Bosnian wildcard Damir Dzumhur in the next round
Taylor Fritz against Andrey Rublev (Rus) at the Rolex Monte Carlo Masters (Antoine Courvecelle/Panoramic)
Russian Andrey Rublev, the second seed, won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Banja Luka Open at the Tennis Klub Mladost on Thursday.
Rublev, ranked No 6, will play Bosnian wildcard Damir Dzumhur next.
In the previous round of the Banja Luka tournament, Varillas, ranked No 92, defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston (7-5, 6-3).
Banja Luka ATP250, other second-round results (Tennis Klub Mladost, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Radu Albot vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Damir Dzumhur beat Richard Gasquet (7): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (3)
- Miomir Kecmanovic (4) beat Abdullah Shelbayh (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Dusan Lajovic beat Gregoire Barrere (8): 6-3, 6-0
- Alex Molcan beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Laslo Djere beat Borna Coric (3): 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-4
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