Top seed Casper Ruud cruised past Danish Next Gen rising star Holger Rune 6-0 6-2 to advance to the quarter finals in Bastad.
Ruud hit six aces and did not drop a point on his first serve in the opening set to close out the match after 66 minutes.
Ruud raced out to a bagel win in the first set after 24 minutes with three breaks of serve. Rune did not convert two break points, as Ruud held his serve to win seventh consecutive game. Ruud broke serve at love in the second game to race out to a 3-0 lead. Rune held serve to get his first game on the scoreboard for 1-3. Ruud converted his second break point in the eighth game to close out the second set 6-2.
“I am very happy today. It is a surface I have had the most success of my career. It is great to be back here in Bastad. The tournament is so nice as always. There is a bit of extra pressure being the top seed. In a match like this against a fellow Scandinavian younger player, it is even more. I think I was very professional in my mindset today. I played a match without any errors really from the first to the last point. It is a nice feeling being the top seed but also pressure. I felt great crowd support, it iis nice to feel thar energy”, said Ruud.
Roberto Carballes Baena beat Fabio Fognini 6-3 1-6 6-4 after 2 hours and 5 minutes. Fognini went down 1-3 in the third set, but he broke back in the sixth game to draw level to 3-3. Carballes Baena broke serve at 15 on the first match point in the 10th game.
