Florence Open: In-form American Nakashima moves into last eight

American Brandon Nakashima, the No 8 seed, defeated Turk qualifier Altug Celikbilek 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight of the Florence Open at the Palazzo Wanny on Thursday afternoon.

Nakashima, ranked No 46, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top seed, and German Oscar Otte next.

The 21-year-old American won against Frenchman Richard Gasquet (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Celikbilek, ranked No 230, beat Italian wildcard Giulio Zeppieri (6-3, 6-2).

Florence ATP 250, other second-round results (Palazzo Wanny, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Oscar Otte
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Francesco Passaro (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Alexander Bublik (7) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Matteo Berrettini (2): 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5
• J.J. Wolf beat Maxime Cressy (4): 6-3, 6-4
• Mikael Ymer (Q) beat Aslan Karatsev (5): 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-1