Croatia Open: Wawrinka advances to quarter-finals

Swiss Stan Wawrinka, the No 6 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Croatia Open by winning against Argentinian Federico Coria 7-5, 6-1 at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag on Thursday evening.

Wawrinka, ranked No 72, will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, the No 4 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the 38-year-old Swiss defeated Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic (6-3, 6-2).

Coria, ranked No 108, beat Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Umag tournament.

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: thursday
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Taro Daniel: 6-3, 6-1
• Jiri Lehecka (1) beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 7-5
• Dino Prizmic (WC) beat Zsombor Piros: 6-2, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi (7) beat Flavio Cobolli: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Alexei Popyrin beat Sebastian Ofner (3): 6-4, 6-1