China Open: Ruud navigates Struff challenge
Casper Ruud beat Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Friday and will face Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the next round
Casper Ruud Laver Cup 2023 – © DARRYL DYCK/AP/SIPA
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 7 seed, moved into the second round of the China Open by defeating German Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Friday afternoon.
Ruud, ranked No 9, will play Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.
Beijing ATP500, other first-round results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
- Lorenzo Musetti beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (4): 6-4, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Cameron Norrie: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Holger Rune (3) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Tommy Paul: 6-2, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (6) beat Daniel Evans: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov beat Mackenzie McDonald (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Alex De Minaur beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi (Q) beat J.J. Wolf (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-5, 3-6, 6-0
