American lucky loser Jenson Brooksby beat Portuguese Nuno Borges, the No 8 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne Open at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Brooksby, ranked No 149, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Daniel Evans and American Tommy Paul, the second seed, next.
The American won against Argentinian Francisco Comesana (7-6 (6), 6-4) in the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament.
In the previous round of the Eastbourne tournament, Borges, ranked No 37, won against wildcard Jack Pinnington Jones (4-6, 6-3, 6-3).
Eastbourne ATP 250, other second-round results (Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, grass, EUR 756.875, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Joao Fonseca
- Marcos Giron vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Daniel Evans vs. Tommy Paul
- James Duckworth vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Billy Harris vs. Mattia Bellucci
- Jakub Mensik vs. Reilly Opelka
- Ugo Humbert (4) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 6-4
