Montpellier Open: Bu dominates Lestienne to move into quarter-finals
Yunchaokete Bu won against Constant Lestienne 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday evening and will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Cazaux and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the second seed, in the next round
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Chinese Yunchaokete Bu, the No 8 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Montpellier Open by defeating French qualifier Constant Lestienne 6-2, 6-1 at the Sud de France Arena on Wednesday evening.
Bu, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Cazaux and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Chinese won against German Daniel Altmaier (7-6 (1), 6-3).
Lestienne, ranked No 177, beat Croat Borna Coric (6-3, 7-5) in the previous round of the Montpellier tournament.
Montpellier ATP 250, other second-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 673.360, most recent results first):
- Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Richard Gasquet
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Jesper De Jong vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Alexander Bublik vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Andrey Rublev (1) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-3
