Canada's Milos Raonic reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Wednesday thanks to a surprise win against Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik.
Raonic won in two sets 6:4 and 6:4 over the eighth seed and the youngest winner of the Montpellier tournament.
Raonic was able to move into the main draw of the tournament due to his protected ranking.
It's a perfect environment for him too, as the tournament takes place indoors.
Raonic also hit twelve aces in the duel and committed five double faults.
In the quarterfinals, the Canadian will face the winner of the duel between the Frenchman Gaël Monfils, who in turn will face the winner of the game between the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.
Shapovalov eliminated
The Canadian Denis Shapovalov was eliminated in the first round of the same tournament that morning.
Shapovalov lost the qualification against Frenchman Gaël Monfils, who had a bye, 7:6 (4) and 7:6 (5).
However, “Shapo” was very effective on serve, hitting 14 aces and committing two double faults.
None of the players were broken during the duel.
Monfils will face the winner of the duel between the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.
Canada's Milos Raonic plays his second round match against Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
Later, the Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime meets the Russian Andrey Rublev.