Rome Masters: Ruud breezes past Munar to reach last eight
Casper Ruud won against Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will play Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, in the next round
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Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 6 seed, beat Spaniard Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters at the Foro Italico in Rome.
Ruud, ranked No 7, will face Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, next.
The Norwegian won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and Italian Matteo Berrettini, the No 29 seed (7-5, 2-0 ret.) ahead of his victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Munar, ranked No 66, defeated Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera (4-6, 6-2, 7-5), American Ben Shelton, the No 12 seed (6-2, 6-1) and American Sebastian Korda, the No 22 seed (6-4, 6-2).
Rome Masters 1000, other last-16 results (Foro Italico, clay, EUR 8.055.385, most recent results first):
- Tommy Paul (11) beat Alex De Minaur (7): 7-5, 6-3
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Arthur Fils (13): 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Jannik Sinner beat Francisco Cerundolo (17): 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (8) beat Daniil Medvedev (10): 7-5, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (30) beat Jakub Mensik (20): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Karen Khachanov (23): 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
- Jack Draper (5) beat Corentin Moutet: 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
