Nordea Open: Carballes Baena beats Yevseyev to move into last eight
Carballes Baena beat Denis Yevseyev 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and will play the winner of the match between Andrey Rublev and Thiago Agustin Tirante in the next round
October 1, 2020, Paris, France, FRANCE: Roberto CARBALLES BAENA (ESP) plays a forehand during his match against Denis SHAPOVALOV (CAN) in the Suzanne Lenglen court on the second round of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 1st October 2020 (Zuma/Panoramic)
Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena beat Kazakh qualifier Denis Yevseyev 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last eight of the Nordea Open at the Båstads tennisstadion.
Carballes Baena, ranked No 54, will play the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the top seed, and Argentinian Thiago Agustin Tirante next.
The Spaniard won against Russian Roman Safiullin, the No 6 seed (5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3) in the previous round of the Swedish Open.
During the first round of the Swedish Open, Yevseyev, ranked No 160, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller (7-5, 7-5).
Bastad ATP 250, other second-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 579.320, most recent results first):
- Sumit Nagal vs. Mariano Navone
- Cameron Norrie vs. Rafael Nadal
- Henrique Rocha vs. Nuno Borges
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Timofey Skatov
- Andrey Rublev vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
- Pavel Kotov vs. Duje Ajdukovic
- Thiago Monteiro beat Casper Ruud (2): 6-3, 6-3
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