Chengdu Open: Dimitrov advances to last eight

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 3 seed, defeated Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight of the Chengdu Open at the Sichuan International Tennis Center on Saturday night.

Dimitrov, ranked No 20, will play Australian Christopher O’Connell next.

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In the previous round of the Chengdu tournament, Varillas, ranked No 70, won against Chinese wildcard Jie Cui (6-1, 6-3).

Chengdu ATP250, other second-round results (Sichuan International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.152.805, most recent results first):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Pavel Kotov
• Corentin Moutet vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Marcos Giron vs. Arthur Rinderknech: saturday
• Roman Safiullin beat Daniel Evans (4): 6-3, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-1, 7-6 (1)
• Christopher O’Connell beat Taro Daniel: 7-6 (10), 6-4