Qatar Open: Ruusuvuori advances to second round
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Giulio Zeppieri 7-6 (2), 7-5 on Tuesday and will face Australian Christopher O’Connell in the next round
Emil Ruusuvuori in Davis Cup action (Imago/Panoramic)
Finn Emil Ruusuvuori moved into the second round of the Qatar Open by beating Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 7-6 (2), 7-5 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Tuesday afternoon.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 43, will face Australian Christopher O’Connell next.
Doha ATP 250, other first-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alexandre Muller vs. Andy Murray
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Hugo Grenier
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Richard Gasquet
- Christopher O’Connell beat Jan-Lennard Struff (6): 6-4, 6-4
- Jakub Mensik beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (5): 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin beat Abdullah Shelbayh (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Fabian Marozsan beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (6)
- Marton Fucsovics beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-1, 6-3
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Lorenzo Musetti (7): 6-2, 6-0
- Pavel Kotov beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-2, 7-5
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