Qatar Open: Bublik advances to quarter-finals
Alexander Bublik edged out Marton Fucsovics 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between French qualifier Hugo Grenier and Australian Alexei Popyrin in the next round
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Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 4 seed, edged out Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday afternoon.
Bublik, ranked No 21, will face the winner of the match between French qualifier Hugo Grenier and Australian Alexei Popyrin next.
Fucsovics, ranked No 80, won against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Doha tournament.
Doha ATP 250, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Richard Gasquet
- Ugo Humbert vs. Pavel Kotov
- Hugo Grenier vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Andy Murray vs. Jakub Mensik: wednesday
- Karen Khachanov (2) beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 7-5
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-3, 6-3
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