Barcelona Open: Ruud moves into last 16
Casper Ruud won against Ben Shelton 6-2, 7-6 (1) on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Italian Francesco Passaro and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 15 seed, in the next round
Casper Ruud in Monte-Carlo (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by beating American Ben Shelton 6-2, 7-6 (1) at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Tuesday.
Ruud, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Italian Francesco Passaro and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 15 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Barcelona tournament, Shelton, ranked No 37, won against Mackenzie McDonald (7-5, 6-4).
Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Jozef Kovalik
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
- Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nuno Borges
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
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