Monte-Carlo Masters: Struff stuns Ruud to move into the quarter-finals!

German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff reached the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters with an upset win over Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (6) at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Thursday.

Struff, ranked No 100, will face the winner of the match between No 5 seed Andrey Rublev and No 9 seed Karen Khachanov next.

Ahead of his victory, the German defeated Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-4, 6-3) and Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 14 seed (6-3, 6-2).

Ruud, ranked No 4, won against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (7-5, 7-6 (1)) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.

Monte-Carlo Masters, other last 16 results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):

• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Alexander Zverev
• Taylor Fritz vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Novak Djokovic vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Andrey Rublev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Jannik Sinner: thursday