Seeded scattered to leave just three remaining for quarter-finals
Max Purcell, the Australian ace who has crashed the Viking International Eastbourne main draw with successive victories over two former top 10 stars, has been handed the opportunity to reach his inaugural ATP Tour.
Standing in the way of the exciting 23-
Purcell, world ranked no.283 at the start of the week and only in the main draw as a lucky loser from qualifying, accounted for South Africa’s 2018 Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson in the 1st Qualifying Round and in the last 16 stunned France’s Gaël Monfils by seeing off the top seed in three
Ilya Ivashka, Belarus’ world no.87 who saw off Purcell in the qualifiers, beat British wildcard Alastair Gray in the opening round and Australia’s Alexei Popyrin to set up a
The South Korea reached the
Only three seeds players remain in the draw, headed by
Since his season opener ended in a triumph the 22-
Pospisil, yet to drop a set at Devonshire Park, took almost three months off the Tour to swerve the clay court season. His comeback was on the German grass in Halle, where he fell in two tiebreaks to American Marcos Giron in the opening round.
The sole match between two seeded players sees the showdown between Italian Lorenzo Sonego (no.3) and Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik (no.8).
Sonego became the first Italian in 15 years to lift an ATP Tour clay court trophy in his home country in April, defeating Serbian Laslo Djere in the Sardegna Open.
Bublik stands at 6’5” and easily leads the number of aces on the ATP Tour this year, fast approaching 500 for the season that included 18 being blasted past compatriot Mikhail Kukushkin in the opening round encounter at Eastbourne.
QUARTER FINALS TIME (BST)
Thu, 24 Jun 11:00 Lorenzo Sonego (3) vs Alexander Bublik (8)
Thu, 24 Jun 12:30 Max Purcell vs Andreas Seppi
Thu, 24 Jun 14:30 Ilya Ivashka vs Kwon
Thu, 24 Jun 15:00 Alex De Minaur (2) vs Vasek Pospisil
