European Open: Hurkacz books spot in quarter-finals
Hubert Hurkacz beat Jack Draper 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-1 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Austrian Dominic Thiem and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 6 seed, in the next round
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Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the top seed, reached the quarter-finals of the European Open by defeating Jack Draper 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-1 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp on Wednesday evening.
Hurkacz, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between Austrian Dominic Thiem and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 6 seed, next.
Draper, ranked No 48, won against American Jenson Brooksby (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Antwerp Open.
Antwerp ATP 250, other Round of 16 results (Lotto Arena, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):
- Yoshihito Nishioka (8) beat Jaume Munar: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Richard Gasquet beat Dominic Stricker (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Daniel Evans (5) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-2, 6-1
- Manuel Guinard vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime : Thursday in Antwerp
- David Goffin vs. Diego Schwartzman : Thursday in Antwerp
- Dominic Thiem vs. Francisco Cerundolo : Thursday in Antwerp
- Karen Khachanov vs. Sebastian Korda : Thursday in Antwerp
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