BMW Open: Cobolli moves into last eight, could face Zverev next
Flavio Cobolli won against Oscar Otte 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday. He’ll play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Australian Christopher O’Connell in the next round
Flavio Cobolli of Italy returns to Jenson Brooksby of United States during their round of 64 match at the Internazionali BNL D’Italia tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy on May 9, 2022 . Brooksby won 6-3, 6-4 over Cobolli. (Inside/Panoramic)
Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli reached the last 8 of the BMW Open by winning against German Oscar Otte 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich on Thursday.
Cobolli, ranked No 208, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 3 seed, and Australian Christopher O’Connell next.
Ahead of his victory, the 20-year-old Italian beat Australian Jordan Thompson (7-5, 6-1).
Otte, ranked No 94, won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 5 seed (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Munich Open.
Munich ATP250, other second-round results (MTTC Iphitos complex, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Dominic Thiem
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Taylor Fritz
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Cristian Garin vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Holger Rune vs. Yannick Hanfmann: thursday
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Ritschard: thursday