Rune out in Rotterdam as Shevchenko stuns Dane to reach last eight

Alexander Shevchenko beat Holger Rune 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. He’ll play Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 6 seed, in the next round

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Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko moved into the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open by beating Dane Holger Rune, the No 3 seed, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at the Rotterdam Ahoy.

Shevchenko, ranked No 57, will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 6 seed, next.

The Kazakh won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (4-6, 6-4, 6-3) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Rotterdam tournament, Rune, ranked No 7, defeated Russian Roman Safiullin (6-4, 2-6, 6-1).

Rotterdam ATP 500, other second-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.134.985, most recent results first):

  • Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
  • Jannik Sinner vs. Gael Monfils
  • Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tallon Griekspoor
  • Grigor Dimitrov beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-3, 7-5
  • Andrey Rublev (2) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5
  • Alex De Minaur (5) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-3, 6-1
  • Milos Raonic beat Alexander Bublik (8): 6-4, 6-4

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