Wellington-Sana
Serbian Laslo Diri qualified for the quarter-finals of the Auckland Tennis Championships in New Zealand by defeating Norway's Casper Ruud.
Derry overturned his delay against Ruud, the world number three, and beat him in two sets for one, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, to qualify for the quarter-finals, marking his first victory in his career over a player from the top five in the world.
Derry, 27, will face Frenchman Constant Lestin, who in turn defeated compatriot Gregory Bariri, 1-6, 7-6, 7-5.
In two other matches in the round of 16, Belgian David Goffin defeated American Christopher Eubanks with two clean sets to set a date with French Richard Gasquet in the quarter-finals, while American Jenson Proxby qualified at the expense of Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who was forced to withdraw from the match after losing the first set due to his injury. in the right thigh.
Britain's Cameron Norrie also qualified for the same round after defeating Czech Jiri Lisica, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
On the other hand, the second Adelaide International Championship witnessed a big surprise, as the Russian Andrei Rublev bid farewell to its competitions by losing to Australian Tanasi Kokkinakis with two sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta also left the tournament by losing to South Korean Kwon Sun Woo, so Karen Khachanov, the third seed in the tournament, is the favorite to win the title after defeating Marc-Andre Hossler.
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