MEERBUSCH, August 15, 2018

World No. 251 Filip Horansky is one of two seeded players left in the singles draw at the Tennis Open Stadtwerke Meerbusch. The 25-year-old from Slovakia rallied past Spaniard Mario Vilella Martínez 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Wednesday’s second round match.

Horansky sent down five aces and broke his opponent six times to secure victory in two hours and two minutes. The No. 6 seed at the €43,000 ATP Challenger clay-court event will next take on Nicola Kuhn, who defeated Dimitar Kuzmanov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-4.

Eighth favourite Rudolf Molleker could join Horansky in the quartefinals. The German teenager will face Frenchman Johan Tatlot on Thursday.

Jan Choinski ended the run of Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs, winning 6-3, 6-4. The 22-year-old German saved all four break points he faced, converting two of his own chances to advance in one hour and 34 minutes.

“I played a solid first set but struggled a bit in the second. I am happy to be through,” Choinski commented afterwards. He will next play Bernabé Zapata Miralles of Spain, who edged out Elliot Benchetrit of France 7-5, 6-0 in one hour and 20 minutes.