Stockholm Open: Monfils eases into quarters
Gael Monfils won against Filip Misolic 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the second seed, in the next round
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Frenchman Gael Monfils reached the last 8 of the Stockholm Open by winning against Austrian qualifier Filip Misolic 6-4, 6-3 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Thursday afternoon.
Monfils, ranked No 140, will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, the second seed, next.
The 37-year-old Frenchman edged out Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (2-6, 6-2, 7-5) in the previous round.
Misolic, ranked No 181, defeated No 8 seed Daniel Evans (6-4, 7-6 (1)).
Stockholm ATP250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 673.630, most recent results first):
- Elias Ymer vs. Dino Prizmic
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Tomas Machac
- Adrian Mannarino beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Holger Rune (1): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Laslo Djere beat J.J. Wolf: 7-5, 6-4
- Pavel Kotov (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 7-5
- Tallon Griekspoor (3) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-6 (3), 6-4
