Albert Ramos-Vinolas made a profitable begin to his Cordoba Open title defence with three-set victory towards Dusan Lajovic on Thursday.

The 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 end result stretched the third seed’s win streak to 6 matches on the ATP 250, after he claimed the 2022 title with the lack of only one set. He has additionally received 10 of his previous 11 matches in Cordoba, beginning along with his run to the 2021 remaining.

Ramos-Vinolas is looking for to change into a repeat champion on the similar occasion for the primary time this week. All 4 of his tour-level titles have come on clay, along with his Cordoba victory his most up-to-date triumph.

In his first clay match of 2023, the third seed performed his greatest tennis within the closing phases towards Lajovic to earn his first win of the season. After saving a break level at 2-2 within the third set, Ramos-Vinolas went on to win the ultimate 4 video games of the match, sealing victory with a break to like.

Portugal’s Joao Sousa awaits within the quarter-finals after his 7-5, 7-6(6) win towards Cristian Garin.

Sixth seed Federico Coria additionally superior to the quarters on Thursday when Marco Cecchinato retired whereas trailing 6-3, 3-1. In different motion, Hugo Dellien defeated Guido Pella 6-3, 6-4.