Hamburg Open: Van Assche comes from set down to knock out Davidovich Fokina

Frenchman Luca Van Assche moved into the last 8 of the Hamburg Open by edging out Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 7 seed, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Am Rothenbaum.

Van Assche, ranked No 77, will face the winner of the match between No 4 seed Alexander Zverev and wildcard Maximilian Marterer next.

Ahead of his victory, the 19-year-old Frenchman beat Alexandre Muller (7-6 (3), 6-4).

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 39, won against Argentinian Pedro Cachin (2-6, 7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of the Hamburg tournament.

Hamburg ATP500, other second-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.831.515, most recent results first):

• Daniel Altmaier vs. Andrey Rublev
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Arthur Fils vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Casper Ruud vs. Cristian Garin
• Alexander Zverev vs. Maximilian Marterer
• Jozef Kovalik vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Laslo Djere beat Guido Pella: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3