Montpellier Open: 18-year old Fils through to the quarter-finals, defeating Bautista-Agut

French wildcard Arthur Fils advanced to the first ATP Tour quarter finals of his career at the Montpellier Open by beating Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 4 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the Sud de France Arena on Wednesday evening.

Fils, ranked No 163, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, and Frenchman Quentin Halys next.

The 18-year-old Frenchman won against Richard Gasquet (7-5, 7-5) ahead of his victory.

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

• Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Holger Rune vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Borna Coric vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Filip Krajinovic
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Quentin Halys
• Maxime Cressy vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Jannik Sinner