Halle Open: Machac books spot in quarter-finals

No 7 seed Tomas Machac moved into the quarter-finals of the Halle Open by beating Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-2, 6-3 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Thursday.

Machac, ranked No 23, will face the winner of the match between Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, and Kazakh Alexander Bublik next.

Halle ATP 500, other second-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.522.220, most recent results first):

• Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Bublik
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alexander Zverev
• Andrey Rublev vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
• Flavio Cobolli beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Karen Khachanov (8) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
• Alex Michelsen beat Stefanos Tsitsipas: 7-6 (5), 7-5
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Quentin Halys: 6-2, 7-5