Cordoba Open: Barrios Vera makes quarter-finals

Chilean wildcard Tomas Barrios Vera moved into the last eight of the Cordoba Open by defeating Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, the No 8 seed, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes on Wednesday.

Barrios Vera, ranked No 212, will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 4 seed, and Italian Luciano Darderi next.

In the previous round of the Cordoba tournament, the Chilean won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (7-6 (6), 6-2) ahead of his victory. Zapata Miralles, ranked No 76, edged out Roberto Carballes Baena (6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5).

Cordoba ATP250, other second-round results (Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, clay, USD 642.735, most recent results first):

• Diego Schwartzman vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo : Thursday in Cordoba
• Federico Delbonis vs. Francisco Cerundolo : Thursday in Cordoba
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas : Thursday in Cordoba
• Cristian Garin vs. João Sousa : Thursday in Cordoba
• Sebastian Baez vs. Luciano Darderi : Thursday in Cordoba