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

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.

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