Ruud shock for Casper as top seed goes down to Munar in Tokyo
Jaume Munar scored his first win in four tries over top seed Casper Ruud in Tokyo and will meet fellow Spaniard Pedro Martinez in the next round
Casper Ruud at the 2022 Laver Cup
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Top seed Casper Ruud, of Norway, was bounced out of the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo on Tuesday by Spain’s Jaume Munar in straight sets.
Munar, the 25-year-old who is ranked No 58 in the world, won 6-3, 6-3 in one hour and 35 minutes at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo. Ruud was able to convert only one of five break points while Munar converted four of seven break points in the match.
Early exit for Casper Ruud for second week in a row
This was the second consecutive week that Ruud, who climbed to No 2 in the world rankings after reaching his second Grand Slam final of the year at the US Open, had an earlier than expected exit on the tour. Ruud was defeated in the Seoul quarter-finals last week to Yoshihito Nishioka, who went on to win the title. The Norwegian is now ranked No 3 in the world.
Munar, who had lost all three prior meetings against the 23-year-old Ruud (all of which had come on clay), will meet fellow Spaniard Pedro Martinez next.
Tokyo ATP 500, first-round results
- Daniel Evans (8) beat Radu Albot: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4
- Borna Coric (9) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Alex De Minaur (6): 6-3, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (4) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (WC): 6-3, 6-4
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles beat Taro Daniel: 7-5, 7-5
- Brandon Nakashima beat Shintaro Mochizuki (WC): 6-3, 6-2
- Pedro Martinez beat Alexei Popyrin: 7-5, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
- James Duckworth vs. Taylor Fritz
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Hiroki Moriya vs. Yuta Shimizu
- Nick Kyrgios vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kamil Majchrzak
- Rio Noguchi vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
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