Barcelona Open: Ruud maintains hot streak with 26th win of 2024

Casper Ruud beat Jordan Thompson 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll play Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the next round

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Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell •Round of 16 • completed

J. ThompsonvsC. Ruud

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 3 seed, reached the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open by winning against Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 14 seed, 6-1, 6-4 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Thursday.

Ruud, ranked No 6, will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi next.

🇳🇴 Casper Ruud has now won more matches than ANY other tennis player this year. 🔥

He just recorded his *26th* win of the season with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Jordan Thompson in Barcelona, surpassing Jannik Sinner's 25. 👏

Last year, it took Ruud until *July* to get to 26 wins:
— TENNIS (@Tennis) April 18, 2024

The Norwegian defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Barcelona tournament.

In the second round of the Barcelona tournament, Thompson, ranked No 33, edged out Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-4, 2-6, 6-4).

Barcelona ATP 500, other last 16 results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.782.960, most recent results first):

Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Fils
Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
Fabian Marozsan vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta: thursday

Matteo Arnaldi beat Marco Trungelliti (Q): 6-3, 6-0
Dusan Lajovic beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (11): 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-1
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (13) beat Brandon Nakashima: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
Cameron Norrie (12) beat Roberto Bautista Agut (WC): 6-4, 6-3

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