Eastbourne Open: Barrere makes quarter-finals

Frenchman Gregoire Barrere advanced to the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open by edging out Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Barrere, ranked No 57, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, the No 8 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, the Frenchman edged out Finn Emil Ruusuvuori (3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)).

Eastbourne ATP250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park LAwn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 723.655, most recent results first):

• Tommy Paul (2) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-1, 7-6 (7)
• Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Maxime Cressy: 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• J.J. Wolf beat Luca Van Assche (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Mikael Ymer beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Taylor Fritz (1): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)