Hamburg Open: Ruud recovers from slow start to reach quarter-finals

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Open by winning against Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Am Rothenbaum on Thursday afternoon.

Ruud, ranked No 4, began slowly and found himself down a set and 2-1 before he hit form, winning five straight games to level and then ease through the third. He will play Frenchman Arthur Fils next.

Ruud in the mood 😎@casperruud98 comes back from a set down to defeat Garin 1-6 6-2 6-2 and moves into the Hamburg QFs!#HamburgOpen pic.twitter.com/b2flnp56HD

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 27, 2023

Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez (6-3, 1-6, 6-3).

Garin, ranked No 120, defeated Hugo Dellien (6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3) in the previous round of the Hamburg tournament.

Hamburg ATP500, other second-round results (Am Rothenbaum, clay, EUR 1.831.515, most recent results first):

• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Andrey Rublev
• Lorenzo Musetti (3) beat Jozef Kovalik (LL): 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Arthur Fils beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 7-5
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Maximilian Marterer (WC): 6-3, 7-5
• Luca Van Assche beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7): 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Guido Pella: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3