Italy s Fognini advances to Brasil Open quarters
Thursday - March 1, 2018 1:34 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Sao Paulo March 1 (IANS) Second seed Fabio Fognini of Italy advanced to the Brasil Open quarterfinals with a 7-5 6-1 victory over Portuguese qualifier Joao Domingues.
The World No. 20 will face Spain s Guillermo Garcia Lopez on Thursday in the ATP 250 clay-court event reports Xinhua news agency.
Lopez progressed by overcoming Argentinian Federico Delbonis 7-6 4-6 6-4.
Meanwhile Uruguayan third seed Pablo Cuevas beat Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-7 to set up a last-eight clash with Leonardo Mayer.
The latter booked a quarterfinal berth courtesy of a 7-5 6-4 win over Carlos Berlocq also of Argentina.
--IANS
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