Winston-Salem Open: Gasquet sets up Korda clash in last eight

French veteran Richard Gasquet, the No 12 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open by edging out American Brandon Nakashima 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Gasquet, ranked No 57, will play American Sebastian Korda, the No 3 seed, next. Korda has won their only previous meeting – a second round clash at Roland-Garros in 2022 in straight sets.

The 37-year-old Frenchman won against Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Winston-Salem tournament. This is the third year in a row that Gasquet is through to the quarter-finals in Winston-Salem.

"An absolute scorcher!" 🔥@richardgasquet1 | @WSOpen pic.twitter.com/dtxEX6KkYd

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 23, 2023

Earlier in the tournament, Nakashima, ranked No 72, edged out Australian Jason Kubler (6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3)) and beat Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed (6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-2).

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

• 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 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

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