Ruud rolls past Mmoh to reach last eight in Dallas

Casper Ruud, the second seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Dallas Open by beating qualifier Michael Mmoh 6-1, 6-4 at the Ford Center at The Star on Thursday night.

Ruud, ranked No 5, will face Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka on Friday.

Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian got the best of Australian lucky loser James Duckworth 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

Mmoh, ranked No 422, edged out Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in the previous round. This was the American’s second tournament since May of 2024 after recovering from injury.

Dallas ATP 500, other second-round results:

• Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Tommy Paul vs. Ethan Quinn
• Reilly Opelka vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
• Tomas Machac (6) beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-4, 7-6
• Jaume Munar beat Ben Shelton (4): 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Matteo Arnaldi (8) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 6-1, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Frances Tiafoe (5): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

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