Portuguese Open: Ruud moves into quarter-finals
Casper Ruud beat João Sousa 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play No 5 seed Sebastian Baez in the next round
Mar 10, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Casper RUUD (NOR) celebrates after winning a point during his 2nd round match against Diego Schwartzman (ARG) (not pictured) during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, reached the last 8 of the Portuguese Open by beating Portuguese wildcard João Sousa 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Wednesday evening.
Ruud, ranked No 5, will play No 5 seed Sebastian Baez next.
Sousa, ranked No 147, won against Italian Giulio Zeppieri (6-4, 1-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Estoril Open.
Estoril ATP250, other second-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Quentin Halys
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Dominic Thiem vs. Ben Shelton
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jurij Rodionov
- Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Sebastian Baez beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Marco Cecchinato beat Fabio Fognini: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
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