Hamburg Open: Third seed Rublev makes quarter-finals
Andrey Rublev beat Justin Engel 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between Italian Luciano Darderi and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 7 seed, in the next round
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Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open by beating German wildcard Justin Engel 6-3, 7-5 at Tennis Stadion on Wednesday.
Rublev, ranked No 17, will face the winner of the match between Italian Luciano Darderi and American Brandon Nakashima, the No 7 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Hamburg tournament, the Russian won against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (6-4, 6-3).
Engel, ranked No 333, won against wildcard Jan-Lennard Struff (7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)) in the first round of the Hamburg tournament.
Hamburg ATP 500, other second-round results (Tennis Stadion, clay, EUR 2.158.560, most recent results first):
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Luciano Darderi vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Zverev vs. Alexandre Muller
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Flavio Cobolli: wednesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 6-4, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Frances Tiafoe (2): 6-2, 6-3
- Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (4): 7-5, 6-2
