Lyon Open: Kotov moves into quarter-finals
Pavel Kotov beat Alexandre Muller 7-6 (8), 6-1 on Tuesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between Australian Aleksandar Vukic and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the second seed, in the next round
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Russian Pavel Kotov beat French wildcard Alexandre Muller 7-6 (8), 6-1 to reach the last 8 of the Lyon Open at Parc de la Tête d’or on Tuesday afternoon.
Kotov, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Australian Aleksandar Vukic and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the second seed, next.
The Russian won against Argentinian lucky loser Pedro Cachin (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round of the Lyon tournament.
In the previous round of the Lyon tournament, Muller, ranked No 90, won against wildcard Richard Gasquet (6-4, 6-4).
Lyon ATP 250, other second-round results (Parc de la Tête d’or, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Hugo Gaston vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Ugo Humbert vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Luciano Darderi
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Alexander Bublik
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