Montpellier Open: Coric books spot in quarter-finals

Croat Borna Coric, the No 3 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Montpellier Open by defeating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-5 at the Sud de France Arena on Thursday.

Coric, ranked No 23, will face American Maxime Cressy next.

Rinderknech, ranked No 68, won against Italian qualifier Luca Nardi (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Montpellier tournament.

Montpellier ATP250, other second-round results (Sud de France Arena, hard, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Holger Rune vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5): 6-3, 6-3
• Maxime Cressy beat Emil Ruusuvuori (7): 6-4, 6-4
• Arthur Fils (WC) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (4): 6-3, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Jannik Sinner