Swedish Open, Palermo Open and Hungarian Grand Prix: Second round results

Four matches were scheduled to take place in the ATP 250 event in Bastad today, with a place in the quarter-finals at stake

Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in action during his first round match against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer at Roland-Garros in 2023 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)

Jamie Malachy

July 19, 2023

It was day three of the Nordea Open in Bastad, Sweden, where the first set of last 16 matches got underway.

Lorenzo Musetti advanced to the quarter-finals with a tight three set win over compatriot Matteo Arnaldi. Musetti eventually won out 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6), taking the match in a close final-set breaker.

Musetti will play Austrian Filip Misolic in the last eight, after he came through a similarly tough encounter with Jozef Kovalík of Slovakia. Misolic recovered from a set down to come through that match 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Francisco Cerundolo, meanwhile, recorded a straightforward straight sets victory over Luca Van Assche of France. The recent Eastbourne champion won 6-2, 6-3 with little trouble to move in to the last eight.

Leo Borg is scheduled to play Federico Coria of Argentina in the evening.

Borg, son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Bjorn Borg, won his first ever ATP Tour match in the previous round, beating fellow Swede Elias Ymer 7-6 (5), 6-3 to record a landmark win.

WTA Results

Over on the WTA, in the last 16 of the Palermo Open, there were wins for Sorribes Tormo, (6-3, 6-2) over Italian Nuria Brancaccio, and Clara Burel of France who won 6-2, 6-4 over Spaniard Cristina Bucsa. Burel and Sorribes Tormo will face each other in the quarter-finals.

At the Budapest Grand Prix, there was victory for Hungarian Fanny Stollar.

Stollar, playing in a home tournament, beat Tatjana Maria 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6) to reach the last eight.

Kaja Juvan beat Astra Sharma 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, while Schmiedlová came from a set down to beat Tamara Korpatsch of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.