Pune Open: Griekspoor books spot in last eight
Tallon Griekspoor beat Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Čilić, the top seed, and Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena in the next round
Tallon Griekspoor
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor reached the last 8 of the Pune Open by defeating Italian Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 6-4 at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex on Wednesday.
Griekspoor, ranked No 95, will play the winner of the match between Croat Marin Čilić, the top seed, and Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena next.
The Dutchman won against Spaniard Jaume Munar, the No 7 seed (6-4, 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Tata Open, Cecchinato, ranked No 101, won against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (6-2, 6-2).
Pune ATP250, other second-round results (Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex, hard, USD 713.495, most recent results first):
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Michael Mmoh
- Marin Čilić vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: wednesday
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: wednesday
- Maximilian Marterer (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Aslan Karatsev (8) beat Tim van Rijthoven: 7-6 (7), 7-6 (8)
- Pedro Martinez beat Sebastian Baez (4): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
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