New Zealand Davis Cup tennis team member Michael Venus came back from a set down to make the quarter-finals at the ATP Challenger tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Venus won 5-7 6-3 7-6 against Miloslav Mecir Jr. - the son and namesake of his more famous father, once a world top 10 player.
Venus faces third seed Andrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarter-final.
It was another seeded Slovakian player, the fourth seed Marek Semjan, who halted Rubin Statham at the same tournament, defeating the New Zealander 7-6 6-4.
Dan King-Turner lost his first round match at the US Open qualifying tournament in straight sets while Cantabrian Ellen Barry also lost in the first round of an ITF Tournament in Prague in the Czech Republic.
