Moutet finishing season strong, books Matz Open quarter-final

Frenchman Corentin Moutet reached the quarter-finals of the Metz Open by defeating German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-3 at the Arènes de Metz on Tuesday evening.

Moutet, ranked No 66, will play Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, next.

The Frenchman benefited from the abandonment of Indian Sumit Nagal (7-5, 4-0) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Metz tournament, Struff, ranked No 40, edged out Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (3-6, 6-4, 6-4).

Metz ATP 250, other second-round results (Arènes de Metz, hard, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):

• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Jesper De Jong
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Casper Ruud
• Luca Van Assche vs. Cameron Norrie
• Zizou Bergs vs. Hugo Gaston
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Quentin Halys
• Alex Michelsen (8) beat Richard Gasquet (WC): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8)
• Andrey Rublev beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (3), 7-5