Wawrinka rallies past Gasquet into Marseille quarter-finals

Swiss Stan Wawrinka won against Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 7 seed, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the last 8 of the Marseille Open at the Palais des sports de Marseille on Wednesday evening.

Wawrinka, ranked No 105, will play the winner of the match between French wildcard Arthur Fils and Italian Jannik Sinner, the second seed, next.

The 37-year-old Swiss edged out Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4) in the previous round of the Open de Provence.

In the previous round of the Open de Provence, Gasquet, ranked No 43, edged out qualifier Laurent Lokoli (7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (5)).

Marseille ATP250, other second-round results (Palais des sports de Marseille, hard, EUR 707.510, most recent results first):

• Alexander Ritschard vs. Alex De Minaur
• Arthur Fils vs. Jannik Sinner
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Leandro Riedi
• Mikael Ymer vs. David Goffin
• Alexander Bublik beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-4, 6-2
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Maxime Cressy (5): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3

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