Winston-Salem Open: Cerundolo reaches last eight, faces top seed Coric next

Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo defeated American lucky loser Omni Kumar 7-5, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Cerundolo, ranked No 100 i the world, will face Croat Borna Coric, the top seed, for a spot in the semi-finals.

☎️ Dialed in @juanmacerundolo advances to the #wsopen quarterfinals 💯 pic.twitter.com/OwEInTSJAX

— Winston-Salem Open (@WSOpen) August 24, 2023

Earlier in the tournament, the 21-year-old Argentine defeated Russian Roman Safiullin (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3) and edged out German Yannick Hanfmann, the No 10 seed (7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (4)).

Kumar, ranked No 385 in the world and coming in as a lucky loser, defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 7-6 (3)) and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 8 seed (6-3, 7-5) in the previous rounds of the Winston-Salem tournament.

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

• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Max Purcell beat Tallon Griekspoor (2): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2)
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Aleksandar Vukic (9): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Marton Fucsovics (14): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Laslo Djere vs. Alex Michelsen
• Borna Coric vs. Michael Mmoh
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Dominik Koepfer

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