Barcelona Open: Sinner gets past Schwartzman, reaches last 16

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by winning against Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-2, 6-4 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.

Sinner, ranked No 8, will play Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 16 seed, next.

Schwartzman, ranked No 48, beat Chinese Yibing Wu (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.

Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):

• Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
• Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo: wednesday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov: wednesday
• Alex De Minaur (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-0, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat David Goffin: 6-1, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (14) beat Jozef Kovalik (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (11) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-1
• Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
• Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)