Qatar Open: Ruusuvuori makes quarter-finals
Emil Ruusuvuori beat Christopher O’Connell 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll face Russian Karen Khachanov, the second seed, in the next round
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Finn Emil Ruusuvuori advanced to the last eight of the Qatar Open by winning against Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-3, 6-3 at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 43, will face Russian Karen Khachanov, the second seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Finn beat Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri (7-6 (2), 7-5).
O’Connell, ranked No 65, defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 6 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Doha tournament.
Doha ATP 250, other second-round results (Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, hard, USD 1.395.875, most recent results first):
- Gael Monfils vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Andrey Rublev vs. Richard Gasquet
- Ugo Humbert vs. Pavel Kotov
- Hugo Grenier vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Andy Murray vs. Jakub Mensik
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Alexander Bublik: wednesday
- Karen Khachanov beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 7-5
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