Winston-Salem Open: Baez through to last eight, to meet Djere next

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open by edging out Australian Aleksandar Vukic, the No 9 seed, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Baez, ranked No 42, will play Serb Laslo Djere, the No 4 seed, in the next round.

The 22-year-old Argentine edged out Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (3-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

Earlier in the week, Vukic, ranked No 51, won against Frenchman Luca Van Assche (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3).

Winston-Salem ATP250, other round of 16 results (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):

• Max Purcell beat Tallon Griekspoor (2): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Marton Fucsovics (14): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Laslo Djere vs. Alex Michelsen
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Omni Kumar
• Borna Coric vs. Michael Mmoh
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Richard Gasquet

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