In Tennis, World number six Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the ATP Washington Open quarter-finals yesterday by defeating Australia's Jordan Thompson 6-3, 7-6.

In the quarter-finals, Tsitsipas will meet French 10th seed Benoit Paire, who ousted US fifth seed John Isner 7-6, 6-3.

Croatian sixth seed Marin Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, beat Canadian ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4.

World number 17 Cilic booked a last-eight date with Russia's 10th-ranked Daniil Medvedev, who eliminated hometown hero Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 7-5.