Casper Ruud has extracted revenge for an embarrassing defeat as he reached the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open.
The third-seeded Norwegian misplaced to Ben Shelton final 12 months in Cincinnati, the place the American was a comparatively unknown school participant ranked 229th on this planet. However on Tuesday on clay he received 6-2 7-6 (7-1).
“I wished my revenge,” Ruud mentioned. “Completely different floor, completely different continent, completely different match . . . I felt like I had a bit bit extra time right here to construct the factors on clay, which is regular.”
Ruud received his first title of the 12 months in Estoril this month. He’ll subsequent face 15th-seeded Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro, who defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1 on Tuesday.
Additionally, Diego Schwartzman defeated Wu Yibing 6-2 6-2 to arrange a second-round tie with fourth-seeded Jannik Sinner.
David Goffin beat Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (4-7) 6-0, whereas Alejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-Three 6-3.
In Munich’s ATP250 occasion Australia’s Chris O’Connell, who grabbed a slot after Briton Jack Draper pulled out, received his opening match in opposition to France’s Ugo Humbert 6-Four 6-4. He now performs No.Three seed Alexander Zverev, who obtained a first-round bye.
Different gamers transferring into the final 16 included Dominic Thiem, Marton Fuscovics and Oscar Otte, who knocked out No.5 seed Sebastian Baez 6-Three 7-5.
