Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas steered into the quarter-finals in Barcelona with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 win over American Sebastian Korda.
The Greek came up against spirited opposition, with both players strong on their serve, but did not concede a break point in his straight sets win.
Tsitsipas will face Frenchman Arthur Fils, who breezed past Spain’s Pedro Martinez in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.
Ranked 14th in the world, Fils conceded just one break point in the match, which the 20-year-old saved.
“I think (Fils) is a great competitor, I’ve played him twice and had no luck,” said Tsitsipas.
“I’m going to change a few things compared to those two matches.”
The 26-year-old has reached the Barcelona final four times but is still chasing his first title there—most recently falling to Casper Ruud in last year’s final.
With AFP
