Barcelona Open: Arnaldi moves into last 16

Italian Matteo Arnaldi beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 8 seed, 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Tuesday.

Arnaldi, ranked No 40, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian qualifier Marco Trungelliti and Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 9 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Italian benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Arthur Cazaux (5-5).

Barcelona ATP 500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Ofner vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Luca Van Assche
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Ugo Humbert
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alexandre Muller vs. Casper Ruud
• Jordan Thompson vs. Jaume Munar
• Marco Trungelliti vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Andrea Vavassori vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Machac
• Harold Mayot vs. Cameron Norrie
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Nick Hardt: tuesday
• Brandon Nakashima beat Andrey Rublev (2): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Borna Coric (15): 6-2, 7-5