Rune sets up quarter-final against Norrie in Stockholm
Holger Rune won against Cristian Garin 7-6 (2), 6-1 on Wednesday evening. He’ll play second seed Cameron Norrie in the next round
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Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open by winning against Chilean Cristian Garin 7-6 (2), 6-1 at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Wednesday.
Rune, ranked No 27, will play second seed Cameron Norrie next.
The Briton has won all three of their previous meetings, all of which were played in 2022.
Ahead of his victory, the 19-year-old Dane beat Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (7-5, 6-2).
Garin, ranked No 89, defeated Australian qualifier Jason Kubler (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round.
Stockholm ATP 250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. J.J. Wolf
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Mikael Ymer vs. Tommy Paul
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Maxime Cressy
- Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Cameron Norrie beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
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