Gijon Open: Top seed Rublev battles into last eight
Andrey Rublev edged out Ilya Ivashka 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, in the next round
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Gijon Open by edging out Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the Palacio de Deportes on Thursday evening.
Rublev, ranked No 9, will face American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Gijon, Ivashka, ranked No 70, edged out Spanish wildcard Feliciano López (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4).
Gijon ATP 250, other second-round results (Palacio deportes, EUR 612.000, most recent results first):
- Sebastian Korda vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Andy Murray (WC) beat Pedro Cachin: 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Francisco Cerundolo (4) beat Manuel Guinard (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Dominic Thiem beat Marcos Giron: 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
- Pablo Carreno Busta (2) beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Tommy Paul beat Nicolas Alvarez Varona (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-2
