Hamburg Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Dan Evans, Andrey Rublev reaches quarter-finals

ByJames Walker-Roberts

Updated 23/09/2020 at 18:47 GMT

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Dan Evans in less than an hour at the Hamburg Open while Andrey Rublev reached the quarter-finals with a three-set win and lucky loser Alexander Bublik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Stefanos Tsitsipas made an impressive start at the Hamburg Open as he beat Dan Evans in 59 minutes.

The second seed broke serve four times in a 6-3, 6-1 victory to set up a meeting with Pablo Cuevas.

“It’s very satisfying to be playing that level of tennis, as I’ve missed playing on clay,” said Tsitsipas.

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“It helps for my confidence. I’ve watched this tournament on TV since I was very young and I’m delighted to have gotten off to a strong start.”

Benoit Paire retired from his match against Casper Ruud and revealed afterwards he had tested positive for Covid-19.

Lucky loser Alexander Bublik beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-2 to reach the last eight while fifth seed Andrey Rublev won 33 of 40 points on serve to beat Tommy Paul 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Roberto Bautista Agut overcame Dominik Koepfer 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

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