Stockholm Open: Ruusuvuori books spot in last 8
Emil Ruusuvuori won against Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, and Swede wildcard Elias Ymer in the next round
Finn Emil Ruusuvuori won against Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-2, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Thursday.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 52, will play the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 3 seed, and Swede wildcard Elias Ymer next.
In the previous round of the Stockholm, the Finn beat Portuguese João Sousa (6-3, 6-2).
Lehecka, ranked No 77, edged out Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 6 seed (6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5)) in the previous round of the Stockholm.
Stockholm ATP 250, other second-round results (Kungliga Tennishallen, EUR 648.130, most recent results first):
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Elias Ymer
- Mikael Ymer vs. Tommy Paul
- Alex De Minaur (5) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-4, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (1) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12)
- Holger Rune (7) beat Cristian Garin: 7-6 (2), 6-1
- Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Antoine Bellier (Q): 6-4, 7-5
- Cameron Norrie (2) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
