Winston-Salem Open: Djere beats Michelsen to reach quarters

Serb Laslo Djere, the No 4 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open by beating American wildcard Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-4 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Djere, ranked No 34, will face Argentine Sebastian Baez, the No 6 seed, next.

Back-to-back #wsopen quarterfinals for Laslo 🫡 pic.twitter.com/3UkJv7JfO1

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

The Serb won against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6-3, 6-3) ahead of his win on Wednesday.

In the earlier rounds of the Winston-Salem tournament, Michelsen, ranked No 133, won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-0) and Austrian Sebastian Ofner, the No 15 seed (7-6 (4), 7-5).

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

• Borna Coric (1) beat Michael Mmoh (WC): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3
• Juan Manuel Cerundolo beat Omni Kumar (LL): 7-5, 6-3
• Jiri Lehecka (5) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• 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 beat Aleksandar Vukic (9): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (3) beat Marton Fucsovics (14): 7-6 (5), 6-3

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