Tennis
Stuttgart Open: Draper battles past Giron to reach quarter-finals
No 6 seed Jack Draper advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open by beating American Marcos Giron 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Marcos Giron vs Jack Draper at Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart.
Draper, ranked No 40, will play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 4 seed, next.
Jack Draper defeated Austrian Sebastian Ofner (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart tournament, Giron, ranked No 54, beat Andy Murray (6-3, 6-4).
Stuttgart ATP 250, other second-round results (Tennisclub Weissenhof Stuttgart, grass, EUR 734.915, most recent results first):
- James Duckworth vs. Ben Shelton
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Richard Gasquet vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Bublik (3) beat Hamad Medjedovic (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Frances Tiafoe beat Yannick Hanfmann: 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Lorenzo Musetti (5) beat Dominik Koepfer: 6-7 (9), 7-6 (5), 6-3
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