Rotterdam Open: Altmaier advances to quarter-finals
Daniel Altmaier edged out Arthur Fils 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Thursday and will play Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 3 seed, in the next round
German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier edged out Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Thursday afternoon.
Altmaier, ranked No 93, will face Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 3 seed, next.
The German won against American Aleksandar Kovacevic (1-6, 6-4, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Rotterdam tournament, Fils, ranked No 19, beat qualifier Constant Lestienne (6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1).
Rotterdam ATP 500, other second-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.563.150, most recent results first):
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Holger Rune
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Andrey Rublev (4) beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7)
- Alex De Minaur beat Jakub Mensik: 6-4, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
