Rodionov fell an early break behind against the powerful Georgian. However, when Basilashvili served for the opening set at 5:4, the Austrian mounted a late fightback and broke serve to level at 5:5.

Rodionov subsequently forced a tie-break, but Basilashvili quickly took control of the decider and won it convincingly 7–3.

Basilashvili pulls clear

Basilashvili also made the stronger start to the second set, securing an early break to move 2:0 ahead. Rodionov struggled to find an answer to his opponent’s powerful game and did not get on the scoreboard until he was trailing 0:5.

After the closely contested opening set, Basilashvili took the second 6:1 to book his place in the last 16.

Mannarino stuns Menšík

Adrian Mannarino, meanwhile, has become the first player to reach the quarter-finals of the Erste Bank Open. The French qualifier continued his impressive run by upsetting eighth seed Jakub Menšík.

Mannarino held his nerve in the decisive stages of both sets to secure a 6:4, 7:5 victory. Having successfully come through qualifying and won his opening-round match, the experienced Frenchman is now among the final eight in Vienna.