Barcelona Open: Ruud books spot in last 16

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, beat Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Barcelona Open at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Wednesday.

Ruud, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 14 seed, and Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, Muller, ranked No 110, won against Spanish wildcard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (7-6 (4), 6-0).

Barcelona ATP 500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):

• Sebastian Ofner vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fils
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Luca Van Assche
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Ugo Humbert: wednesday
• Jordan Thompson vs. Jaume Munar: wednesday
• Marco Trungelliti (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry (9): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Roberto Bautista Agut (WC) beat Andrea Vavassori (LL): 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Machac
• Cameron Norrie (12) beat Harold Mayot (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 0-0 ret.
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Nick Hardt (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Sebastian Baez (8): 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-2
• Brandon Nakashima beat Andrey Rublev (2): 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Borna Coric (15): 6-2, 7-5