Bucharest Open: Moutet beats Borges to advance to last 8
Corentin Moutet won against Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2 on Thursday afternoon and will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in the next round
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Frenchman Corentin Moutet beat Portuguese Nuno Borges, the No 7 seed, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2 to advance to the last 8 of the Bucharest Open at the National Tennis Centre on Thursday.
Moutet, ranked No 92, will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics next.
The Frenchman won against Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Bucharest tournament.
During the first round of the Bucharest tournament, Borges, ranked No 55, won against Swiss Stan Wawrinka (3-6, 7-5, 6-2).
Bucharest ATP 250, other second-round results (National Tennis Centre, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Federico Coria
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Pedro Martinez
- Sebastian Korda vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Mariano Navone
- Marton Fucsovics beat Tallon Griekspoor (2): 7-5, 6-1
- Joao Fonseca (WC) beat Radu Albot (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Alejandro Tabilo (4) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-4
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