Croatia Open: Lehecka reaches quarter-finals
Jiri Lehecka won against Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday afternoon and will play No 7 seed Matteo Arnaldi in the next round
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Top seed Jiri Lehecka defeated Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 7-5 to move into the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Thursday.
Lehecka, ranked No 33, will face No 7 seed Matteo Arnaldi next.
In the previous round of the Umag tournament, Thiem, ranked No 112, won against Argentinian qualifier Facundo Bagnis (6-4, 7-5).
Umag ATP250, other second-round results (ITC Stella Maris, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Jaume Munar vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Federico Coria
- Roberto Carballes Baena (4) beat Taro Daniel: 6-3, 6-1
- Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Zsombor Piros: 6-2, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Alexei Popyrin beat Sebastian Ofner (3): 6-4, 6-1
