Marseille Open: Rinderknech upsets Lehecka to reach quarter-finals
Arthur Rinderknech beat Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 7-6 (5) on Thursday evening. He’ll play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, in the next round
Arthur Rinderknech – © Astana Open
Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech won against No 8 seed Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 7-6 (5) to reach the last eight of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports.
Rinderknech, ranked No 94, will play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the second seed, next.
The Frenchman defeated American qualifier Maxime Cressy (6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Marseille tournament, Lehecka, ranked No 32, beat Belgian qualifier David Goffin (3-6, 7-5, 6-2).
Marseille ATP 250, other second-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):
- Hubert Hurkacz (1) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-4
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Sebastian Korda: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (7): 6-4, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (4) beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (3) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
- Tomas Machac beat Lorenzo Musetti (6): 6-3, 6-2
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