Ramos-Vinolas, Fognini into last eight

Ramos-Vinolas, the second seed at the ATP 250 event, battled past Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, while Fognini beat fellow Italian Paolo Lorenzi 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas progressed to the quarterfinal of Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Fabio Fognini set up a quarterfinal meeting at the Kremlin Cup with three-set wins on Wednesday.

Ramos-Vinolas, the second seed at the ATP 250 event, battled past Evgeny Donskoy 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, while Fognini beat fellow Italian Paolo Lorenzi 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

Also advancing to the last eight was Stephane Robert, the French veteran too good for Lukas Rosol in a 7-5, 6-1 win.

In first-round matches, eighth seed Andrey Kuznetsov claimed a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 win over Guido Pella and teenage qualifier Alexander Bublik beat Konstantin Kravchuk 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Damir Dzumhur fought back from 3-0 down in the third set to overcome Karen Khachanov 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.