Bastad: Cerundolo into the last eight, beating top seed Ruud
Francisco Cerundolo edged out Casper Ruud 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Wednesday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Aslan Karatsev and Frenchman Hugo Gaston in the next round
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Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo advanced to the last eight of the Nordea Open by edging out Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Wednesday afternoon.
Cerundolo, ranked No 39, will face the winner of the match between Russian Aslan Karatsev and Frenchman Hugo Gaston next.
Ahead of his victory, the Argentinian won against Portuguese qualifier Pedro Sousa (6-4, 6-3).
Bastad ATP 250, other second-round results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 597.900, most recent results first):
- Federico Coria vs. Andrey Rublev
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Laslo Djere
- Dominic Thiem vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Sebastian Baez vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Hugo Gaston
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Elias Ymer
- Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Albert Ramos Vinolas: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5
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