Marseille Open: Ruusuvuori edges home hope Van Assche to reach second round
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Luca Van Assche 7-6 (2), 6-4. He’ll play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Emil Ruusuvuori, AO24 Panoramic
Finn Emil Ruusuvuori moved into the second round of the Marseille Open by beating Frenchman Luca Van Assche 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the Palais des sports.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 55, will play Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 5 seed, next.
Marseille ATP 250, other first-round results (Palais des sports, hard, EUR 801.335, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Quentin Halys
- Jiri Lehecka (8) beat David Goffin (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Sebastian Korda beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
- Hugo Gaston (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Maxime Cressy (Q): 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-2
- Tomas Machac beat Andy Murray: 7-5, 6-4
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Giulio Zeppieri (LL): 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Gregoire Barrere: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Benjamin Bonzi (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (6) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-2
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