Rome Masters: Ruud reaches last eight
Casper Ruud beat Laslo Djere 6-1, 6-3 on Tuesday and will play the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Tennis – Italian Open – Foro Italico, Rome, Italy – May 16, 2023 Norway’s Casper Ruud in action during his round of 16 match against Serbia’s Laslo Djere (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last eight of the Rome Masters by winning against Serb Laslo Djere 6-1, 6-3 at the Foro Italico on Tuesday.
Ruud, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 24 seed, and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Norwegian defeated Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-4, 6-0) and edged out Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-1, 4-6, 7-6).
Djere, ranked No 62, won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-1 ret.), Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, the No 23 seed (6-2, 6-4) and Chilean Cristian Garin (6-3, 2-1 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Italian Open.
Rome Masters, other last 16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 7.705.780, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Borna Coric vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Alexander Zverev vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Jannik Sinner
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Cameron Norrie (13): 6-3, 6-4
- Holger Rune (7) beat Alexei Popyrin (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
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