Stuttgart Open: O’Connell beats Sonego to make quarter-finals
Christopher O’Connell won against Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, and Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki in the next round
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Australian Christopher O’Connell won against Italian Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (5), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Wednesday.
O’Connell, ranked No 74, will face the winner of the match between Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 4 seed, and Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki next.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian defeated German Daniel Altmaier (6-3, 6-1).
Sonego, ranked No 41, beat No 7 seed Matteo Berrettini (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament.
Stuttgart ATP250, other second-round results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 718.410, most recent results first):
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Taylor Fritz
- Yibing Wu vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tommy Paul
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Richard Gasquet
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
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