Monte-Carlo Masters: Fifth consecutive win for Ruud on the ATP Tour
Casper Ruud beat Botic van de Zandschulp 7-5, 7-6 (1) on Wednesday and will face German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff in the next round
Casper Ruud, Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters 2023 – © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Monte-Carlo Masters by winning against Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 7-5, 7-6 (1) at Monte-Carlo Country Club on Wednesday.
Ruud, ranked No 4, will face German qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff next.
In the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament, Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 31, beat Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics (3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1).
Monte-Carlo Masters, other second-round results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.779.335, most recent results first):
- Dominic Thiem vs. Holger Rune
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Taylor Fritz vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Karen Khachanov
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Jannik Sinner
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka: wednesday
- Luca Nardi vs. Lorenzo Musetti: wednesday
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Alex De Minaur (14): 6-3, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (13) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (2) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 4-1 ret.
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Jack Draper: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Ivan Gakhov (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Jaume Munar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
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