Japan Open: Ruud stunned by Giron in second round
Marcos Giron won against Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday and will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, in the next round
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Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships •Round of 16 •
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American qualifier Marcos Giron defeated Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed, 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Giron, ranked No 79, will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 8 seed, next.
The American won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (7-6 (14), 4-6, 6-1) in the previous round of the Tokyo Open.
In the first round of the Tokyo Open, Ruud, ranked No 8, won against Japanese wildcard Yosuke Watanuki (7-6 (6), 6-3).
Tokyo ATP500, other second-round results (Ariake Colosseum, hard, USD 2.013.940, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aslan Karatsev
- Taylor Fritz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
- Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Cristian Garin vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson
- Tommy Paul (5) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-4, 6-2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-4, 6-1
