Los Cabos Open: Borges upsets Purcell to reach last eight, faces Ruud next

Portugal’s Nuno Borges beat Australian Max Purcell, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Los Cabos Open at the Cabo del Mar Sports Center on Wednesday.

Borges, ranked No 47, will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, next. This is the first ATP level quarter-final for the Portugese player.

Ahead of his win today, the Portuguese won against German Dominik Koepfer (7-6 (2), 6-2).

Purcell, ranked No 51, edged out Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-4, 4-6, 6-4) in the previous round of the Los Cabos tournament.

Los Cabos ATP 250, other second-round matches (Cabo del Mar Sports Center, hard, USD 915,245):

• Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-0
• Emilio Nava vs. Jordan Thompson: thursday
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Alex De Minaur (3): 6-4, 6-1
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Daniel Evans
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Marcos Giron vs. Casper Ruud