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yKorea Open: Top seed Ruud eases into last eight
Casper Ruud defeated Nicolas Jarry 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday and will face Yoshihito Nishioka in the next round
Casper Ruud smacks a forehand at Montreal against Roberto Bautista Agut || Imago / Panoramic
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, advanced to the last eight of the Korea Open by defeating Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Thursday.
Ruud, ranked No 2, will play Yoshihito Nishioka next.
Jarry, ranked No 111, won against lucky loser Ryan Peniston (6-3, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round of the Seoul.
Seoul ATP 250, other second-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.117.930, most recent results first):
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-4
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2
- Jenson Brooksby (8) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-3, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 6-2, 6-2
- Radu Albot beat Steve Johnson: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
- Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 6-4
