Portuguese Open: Ruud moves into quarter-finals

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, reached the last 8 of the Portuguese Open by beating Portuguese wildcard João Sousa 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Clube de Ténis do Estoril on Wednesday evening.

Ruud, ranked No 5, will play No 5 seed Sebastian Baez next.

Sousa, ranked No 147, won against Italian Giulio Zeppieri (6-4, 1-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the Estoril Open.

Estoril ATP250, other second-round results (Clube de Ténis do Estoril, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Quentin Halys
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Dominic Thiem vs. Ben Shelton
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jurij Rodionov
• Luca Van Assche vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Sebastian Baez beat Pedro Cachin: 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Marco Cecchinato beat Fabio Fognini: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3