Cologne Championship: Zverev advances to quarter-finals after beating Millman; Auger-Aliassime beats Gerasimov
FirstpostCanada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime recovered from losing the first set to seal a 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 second-round win over Egor Gerasimov of Belarus late on Wednesday. Fresh from winning the ATP tournament in Cologne last weekend, Germany’s Alexander Zverev reached the quarter-finals of the second week on the Rhine with a tough, three-set triumph over John Millman of Australia on Wednesday. “John is someone who has beaten top players before, I thought I did a poor job serving, but got the win somehow.” The German top seed will meet France’s Adrian Mannarino in Friday’s quarter-finals. The 20-year-old Canadian, whose defeat to Zverev was his sixth straight defeat in an ATP final, recovered from losing the first set to seal a 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 second-round win over Egor Gerasimov of Belarus late on Wednesday.