Hangzhou Open: Hijikata advances to last eight as Marozsan pulls out

Australian Rinky Hijikata advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hangzhou Open after Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, the No 7 seed, withdrew before the match on Friday at the Hengqin International Tennis Center.

Hijikata, ranked No 81, will play the winner of the match between American Brandon Nakashima, the No 4 seed, and qualifier Coleman Wong next. This is the Australian’s sixth ATP Tour-level quarter-final of his career.

The 23-year-old Australian won against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2) in the previous round of the tournament.

Earlier in the week, Marozsan, ranked No 49, defeated Italian Luca Nardi (6-0, 6-2).

Hangzhou ATP 250, other second-round matches (Hengqin International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1,000,630, most recent results first):

• Mikhail Kukushkin beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Mattia Bellucci
• Holger Rune vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Marin Cilic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Karen Khachanov
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong

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