Sofia Open: Musetti books spot in last eight after a big battle against Lazarov

Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 4 seed, won against Bulgarian wildcard Alexandar Lazarov 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8), 6-2 to advance to the quarters-finals of the Sofia Open at the Arena Armeec Sofia on Wednesday evening.

Musetti, ranked No 30, will play the winner of the match between German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff and French qualifier Ugo Humbert next. Lazarov, ranked No 334, had won his first ATP match against Czech Jiri Lehecka (7-5, 6-3).

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

• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Fernando Verdasco : Thursday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Nuno Borges : Thursday
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Pablo Carreno Busta : Thursday
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Holger Rune : Thursday
• Oscar Otte vs. Kamil Majchrzak : Thursday
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Ugo Humbert : Thursday
• Ilya Ivashka beat Grigor Dimitrov (3): 6-3, 7-6 (3)