Korea Open: Top seed Ruud eases into last eight

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, advanced to the last eight of the Korea Open by defeating Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the Seoul Olympic Park on Thursday.

Ruud, ranked No 2, will play Yoshihito Nishioka next.

Jarry, ranked No 111, won against lucky loser Ryan Peniston (6-3, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round of the Seoul.

Seoul ATP 250, other second-round results (Seoul Olympic Park, hard, USD 1.117.930, most recent results first):

• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-4
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (LL) beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2
• Jenson Brooksby (8) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-3, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie (2) beat Kaichi Uchida (WC): 6-2, 6-2
• Radu Albot beat Steve Johnson: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)
• Denis Shapovalov (4) beat Jaume Munar: 7-5, 6-4