The German Alexander Zverev, seeded number one, agreed this Thursday to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Montpellier (France) by defeating the American Mackenzie McDonald in two sets.
Zverev, number 3 in the ATP ranking, beat McDonald 6-2 and 7-6 (5) in one hour and 18 minutes and in the quarterfinals he will play against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, executioner of the Spanish Alejandro Davidivich in the first round and who agreed to the prelude to the semifinals at the expense of the eighth favorite and defending champion, the Belgian David Goffin, whom he beat 6-4 and 6-2.
another french, Richard Gasquet beat South Korean Soonwoo Kwon 7-5, 6-4 to get to the quarterfinals of the Montpellier tournament for the ninth time, which he won in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
Gasquet, 35 years old and 75 in the world, will face the winner of tonight’s duel between another Frenchman, Gaël Monfils, third favorite, and the Swedish Mikael Ylmer.
The Bosnian Damir Dzumhur, who entered the main draw from the previous round, caused the surprise in the round of 16 by beating the fourth seed, the Georgian Nikoloz Basiliashvili, 6-1, 5-7 and 6-2.
His rival in the quarterfinals will be fifth-seeded Filip Krajinovic, who qualified for the quarterfinals on Wednesday along with Spain’s Roberto Bautista and Kazakh Alexander Bublik.