Stockholm Open: Home favourite Ymer books spot in quarters; Tsitsipas next

Swede Mikael Ymer beat American Tommy Paul, the No 8 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the last eight of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Thursday evening.

Ymer, ranked No 79, will play Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, next.

In the previous round of the Stockholm, the Swede won against Frenchman Quentin Halys (5-7, 6-4, 6-3).

Paul, ranked No 31, won against Swede wildcard Leo Borg (5-7, 6-4, 6-1) in the previous round of the Stockholm.

Stockholm ATP 250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Elias Ymer
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Jiri Lehecka: 6-2, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (5) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12)
• Holger Rune (7) beat Cristian Garin: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-4, 7-5
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4