San Diego Open: Lestienne, 30, into quarter-finals for the first time of his career

Frenchman Constant Lestienne won against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 6 seed, 6-1, 6-3 to move into the last eight of the San Diego Open at the Barnes Tennis Centre on Thursday night.

Lestienne, ranked No 76, will play the winner of the match between top seed Daniel Evans and Japanese Taro Daniel next.

The Frenchman will play the first quarter-final of his career at the ATP Tour level. He defeated American wildcard Brandon Holt (5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3) ahead of his victory.

San Diego ATP 250, other second-round matches (Barnes Tennis Centre, hard, USD 612.000, most recent results first):

• Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Kudla : to be played
• Daniel Evans vs. Taro Daniel: to be played
• Jenson Brooksby (2) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
• Christopher O’Connell beat J.J. Wolf (8): 6-3, 7-5
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Pedro Martinez (4): 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
• Marcos Giron (3) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-4, 6-3
• James Duckworth (7) beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (4)