Eastbourne Open: Vukic upsets Bublik to make quarter-finals

Australian lucky loser Aleksandar Vukic reached the last 8 of the Eastbourne Open by defeating Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday afternoon.

Vukic, ranked No 81, will face Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka next.

In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, the Australian won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-2, 6-4).

Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 740.160, most recent results first):

• Taylor Fritz vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• Giles Hussey vs. Flavio Cobolli: wednesday
• Max Purcell (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-4
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sebastian Baez (4): 6-3, 6-2
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Marcos Giron: 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-2
• Billy Harris (WC) beat Charles Broom (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-2