Stockholm Open: Monfils eases into quarters

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