Monte-Carlo Masters: Ruud eases past Tabilo to make last 16

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, won against Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club.

It was an authoritative performance from the world No 10, who will hold high hopes for a fruitful clay-court stretch on arguably his best surface.

Despite a surprise loss to Pedro Martinez in Estoril last week, the Norwegian looked sharp as he got his Monte-Carlo campaign off to a successful, drama-free start.

Ruud, ranked No 10, will play Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 10 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Tabilo, ranked No 45, beat Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell (6-3, 6-4).

Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Holger Rune vs. Sumit Nagal
• Daniil Medvedev (4) beat Gael Monfils (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz beat Roberto Bautista Agut (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (4)
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (12) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-1, 6-0
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-1, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (2) beat Sebastian Korda: 6-1, 6-2
• Karen Khachanov (15) beat Francisco Cerundolo: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime: 6-4, 7-5
• Alexei Popyrin beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Arthur Fils: 6-3, 7-5
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (2), 6-1
• Alexander Zverev (5) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Roman Safiullin: 6-1, 6-2