Metz Open: Sonego advances to last eight

Italian Lorenzo Sonego moved into the quarter-finals of the Metz Open by defeating French wildcard Gilles Simon 7-6 (2), 6-4 at Arènes de Metz on Thursday.

Sonego, ranked No 65, will face American Sebastian Korda next.

In the previous round of the Metz Open, the Italian won against Russian Aslan Karatsev, the No 6 seed (7-5, 6-3). Simon, ranked No 175, won against Belgian David Goffin (6-3, 6-3) in the previous round.

Metz ATP 250, other second-round matches (Arènes de Metz, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Holger Rune vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Dominic Thiem vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Gregoire Barrere vs. Mikael Ymer
• Alexander Bublik (7) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (5): 7-6 (11), 6-3
• Sebastian Korda beat Lorenzo Musetti (3): 6-3, 7-6 (6)