HALLE, Germany — Jan-Lennard Struff made tidy work of Stefanos Tsitsipas a day after a marathon three-set victory on the grass-court Halle Open.
The 34-year-old German gained 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to arrange a quarterfinal match in opposition to top-ranked Jannik Sinner. It is the primary time in 11 appearances at Halle that Struff has reached the final eight.
Struff wanted simply 67 minutes to complete off sixth-seeded Tsitsipas after a 2 1/2-hour win over Luciano Darderi the day earlier than.
Sinner fended off Fabian Marozsan 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 after additionally needing three units to get previous Tallon Griekspoor in his opening spherical.
Additionally Thursday, Marcos Giron fought again to beat Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz eradicated qualifier James Duckworth 7-6 (3), 6-4.