Ivashka upsets home favourite Dimitrov to makes last eight

Belarusian Ilya Ivashka reached the last eight of the Sofia Open with an upset win over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 3 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Arena Armeec Sofia on Wednesday evening.

Ivashka, ranked No 71, will play the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Dane Holger Rune, the No 5 seed, next.

The Belarusian edged out Swede Mikael Ymer (7-6 (8), 4-6, 7-5) in the previous round of the Sofia.

Sofia ATP 250, other second-round results (Arena Armeec Sofia, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):

• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Fernando Verdasco
• Jannik Sinner vs. Nuno Borges
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Holger Rune
• Oscar Otte vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alexandar Lazarov vs. Lorenzo Musetti