French qualifier Valentin Royer ousted No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Saturday at the Lynx & Co Hangzhou Open in China.

It was the opener for Rublev, who had a first-round bye. For Royer, it was his first win over a Top 20 opponent, fueled by 32 winners to 19 for the Russian.

Royer advanced to the quarterfinals and will play Learner Tien, who defeated Italian Giulio Zeppieri 6-4, 6-3. Also moving into the quarters were third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, who came from behind to beat Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4 in two hours, 13 minutes.

Corentin Moutet of France and Tomas Martin Etcheverry will face off in another quarterfinal. Fourth-seeded Moutet eliminated fellow Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-7 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (3). Etcheverry, of Argentina, sent Austral

See Full Page