Marseille Open: Zhang books spot in quarter-finals, beats Auger-Aliassime in straight sets

China’s Zhizhen Zhang advanced to the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open by defeating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-4 at the Palais des sports on Thursday afternoon.

Zhang, ranked No 50, will play Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 3 seed, next.

The Chinese edged out Italian lucky loser Giulio Zeppieri (6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Marseille tournament, Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 28, won against French wildcard Quentin Halys (6-2, 7-5).

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
• 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 beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Machac beat Lorenzo Musetti (6): 6-3, 6-2