Tennis
Halle Open: Zverev moves into quarter-finals
German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Halle Open by defeating Italian Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-6 (5) at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Wednesday evening.
Zverev, ranked No 4, will face Frenchman Arthur Fils next.
Ahead of his victory, the German edged out qualifier Oscar Otte (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4).
Sonego, ranked No 57, won against Serb Miomir Kecmanovic (7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Halle tournament.
Halle ATP 500, other second-round results (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.255.655, most recent results first):
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Marcos Giron
- Jannik Sinner vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. James Duckworth
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Daniil Medvedev (3): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
- Christopher Eubanks beat Alexander Bublik (7): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3
- Arthur Fils beat Dominik Koepfer (WC): 6-3, 6-4
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