Barcelona Open: Fils makes last 16

Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 16 seed, reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by beating German Daniel Altmaier 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday evening.

Fils, ranked No 36, will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 4 seed, next.

Altmaier, ranked No 66, won against Australian Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.

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

• Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-4, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Lorenzo Musetti (10): 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan (17) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-0, 3-2 ret.
• Alex De Minaur beat Rafael Nadal: 7-5, 6-1
• Dusan Lajovic beat Ugo Humbert (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
• Marco Trungelliti (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry (9): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (WC) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Machac
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Harold Mayot (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 0-0 ret.
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Nick Hardt (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Sebastian Baez (8): 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-2
• Brandon Nakashima beat Andrey Rublev (2): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Borna Coric (15): 6-2, 7-5