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 the planet. But on Tuesday on clay he gained 6-2 7-6 (7-1).
“I wanted my revenge,” Ruud stated. “Different surface, different continent, different tournament . . . I felt like I had a little bit more time here to build the points on clay, which is normal.”
Ruud gained his first title of the 12 months in Estoril this month. He will subsequent face Fifteenth-seeded Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro, who defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-1 on Tuesday.
Also, Diego Schwartzman defeated Wu Yibing 6-2 6-2 to arrange 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 6-3 6-3.
In Munich’s ATP250 occasion Australia’s Chris O’Connell, who grabbed a slot after Briton Jack Draper pulled out, gained his opening match towards France’s Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-4. He now performs No.3 seed Alexander Zverev, who obtained a first-round bye.
Other gamers transferring into the final 16 included Dominic Thiem, Marton Fuscovics and Oscar Otte, who knocked out No.5 seed Sebastian Baez 6-3 7-5.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
