Stockholm Open: Griekspoor upends Ruud to reach semi-finals
Tallon Griekspoor won against Casper Ruud 7-5, 7-6 (5) on Friday evening. He’ll face the winner of the match between Swiss Dominic Stricker and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 7 seed, reached the last four of the Stockholm Open by winning against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the second seed, 7-5, 7-6 (5) at the Kungliga Tennishallen on Friday evening.
Griekspoor, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between Swiss Dominic Stricker and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 3 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the Dutchman defeated Russian Pavel Kotov (6-4, 6-3) and qualifier Jacob Fearnley (7-6, 6-3).
Ruud, ranked No 8, beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 7-6 (3)) in the previous round of the Stockholm tournament.
Stockholm ATP 250, other last eight results (Kungliga Tennishallen, hard, EUR 690.135, most recent results first):
- Dominic Stricker vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Stan Wawrinka (WC) beat Andrey Rublev (1): 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Tommy Paul (4) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 7-6 (9), 6-2
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