Barcelona Open: Ruusuvuori defeats Tiafoe, books spot in last 16
Emil Ruusuvuori edged out Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Tuesday and will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Emil Ruusuvuori (Zuma/Panoramic)
Finn Emil Ruusuvuori reached the last 16 of the Barcelona Open by edging out American Frances Tiafoe, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4 at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona on Tuesday.
Ruusuvuori, ranked No 40, will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 10 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Finn won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-0, 6-3).
Barcelona ATP500, other second-round results (Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, clay, EUR 2.722.480, most recent results first):
- Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Evans vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Pedro Cachin vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Karen Khachanov
- Cameron Norrie vs. Pavel Kotov
- Francesco Passaro vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. David Goffin
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Jozef Kovalik
- Emilio Gomez vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Roberto Bautista Agut (13) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-2, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nuno Borges: 6-3, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-3
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Ben Shelton: 6-2, 7-6 (1)
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