Marseille Open: Humbert makes quarter-finals

No 4 seed Ugo Humbert beat qualifier Hugo Gaston 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports on Wednesday evening.

Humbert, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Finn Emil Ruusuvuori and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, next.

Gaston, ranked No 86, won against Canadian wildcard Denis Shapovalov (7-5, 1-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Marseille tournament.

Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):

• Jiri Lehecka vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Sebastian Korda vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Karen Khachanov (3) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Machac beat Lorenzo Musetti (6): 6-3, 6-2