Stuttgart Open: Struff upsets Paul to reach quarters, could face Tsitsipas next
Jan-Lennard Struff won against Tommy Paul 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) on Thursday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, and Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the next round
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German Jan-Lennard Struff won against American Tommy Paul, the No 5 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to advance to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Thursday.
Struff, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the top seed, and Frenchman Richard Gasquet next.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, the 33-year-old German beat Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (6-1, 6-4).
Paul, ranked No 16, defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (6-3, 6-4) during the first round of the Stuttgart tournament.
Stuttgart ATP250, other second-round results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 718.410, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Richard Gasquet
- Taylor Fritz (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics (Q) beat Yibing Wu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (3) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (4) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Christopher O’Connell beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 6-3
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