Barcelona Open: Cerundolo sets up last-16 clash versus Ruud
Francisco Cerundolo defeated Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Cerundolo in Monte-Carlo (Chryslene Caillaud/Panoramic)
Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 15 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by winning against Italian Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-2 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.
Cerundolo, ranked No 32, will play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, Passaro, ranked No 125, beat Spanish wildcard Fernando Verdasco (6-1, 6-1).
Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie (7) beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (8) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-0, 6-1
- Yoshihito Nishioka (16) beat David Goffin: 6-1, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-2, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov (14) beat Jozef Kovalik (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (11) beat Emilio Gomez: 6-3, 6-1
- Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (10) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)
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