The first favorite of the tournament montpellierthe danish Holger Runesped towards quarter finals with a win for 7-6(5) and 6-2 the swiss is new Andrea Huesler which extended the list of achievements of the young man from Gentofte, one of last year’s sensations.
Rune, who finished 2022 with Masters 1000 titles in Paris and the tournaments in Stockholm and Munich, along with finals in Basel and Sofia, added his sixth match win of the season.
The Dane, who was exempted in the first round, took an hour and a half to overcome Huesler and start his winning streak in Montpellier. Wait now for the French Gregoire Barrere, who beat Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-4.
The French tournament ended for Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, fifth favorite, who lost locally Quentin Halis for the double 6-3. His compatriot Arthur Fils will be measured in the quarterfinals.
The seventh seed, Finn Emil Ruusuvuori who was beaten by the American, also fell Maxime Cressy by 6-4 and 6-4 and will face, in search of the semifinals, the Croatian Borna Coricthird seed, who beat Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-5.
The Italian fulfilled his favorite condition Lorenzo Sonego against the Serbian Filip Krajinovic (7-5 and 6-1) and became the rival of his countryman, and second seed, Jannik Sinner.
Source: La Verdad
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