Second seed Fabio Fognini of Italy advanced to the quarter-finals of the Brasil Open tennis tournament here with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Portuguese qualifier Joao Domingues
Fabio Fognini
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Second seed Fabio Fognini of Italy advanced to the quarter-finals of the Brasil Open tennis tournament here with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Portuguese qualifier Joao Domingues.
The world No.20 will face Spain's Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the ATP 250 clay-court event. Lopez progressed by overcoming Argentinian Federico Delbonis 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, reports Xinhua. Meanwhile, Uruguayan third seed Pablo Cuevas beat Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 6-7 on Wednesday to set up a last-eight clash with Leonardo Mayer.
The latter booked a quarterfinal berth courtesy of a 7-5, 6-4 win over Carlos Berlocq, also of Argentina.
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