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Ruud, who received a first-round bye, converted five of his six
break-point opportunities while Murray went 3-for-5 in a match
that lasted just under two hours.
Next up for Ruud is a matchup with Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, who
beat the United States' Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-3 in a
second-round match.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were fourth-seeded Denis
Shapovalov of Canada, Cameron Norrie of Great Britain, Aslan
Karatsev of Russia and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.
Shapovalov took advantage of Taylor Fritz squandering six set
points in the opening set to win 7-6 (7), 6-2. Karatsev upset
fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, and Norrie
got past eighth-seeded countryman Daniel Evans 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Dimitrov routed Denmark's August Holmgren 6-1, 6-1.
Sofia Open
Marcos Giron of the United States pulled off the day's biggest
upset, edging third-seeded Alex De Minaur of Australia 7-6 (5),
7-6 (2) in the second round at Sofia, Bulgaria.
Giron won the first six points of the second tiebreaker to pull
away for the win. His quarterfinal foe will be eighth-seeded
John Millman of Australia, a 5-7, 7-6 (0), 6-3 winner over
Ukraine's Illya Marchenko.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals were top-seeded Jannik
Sinner of Italy, second-seeded Gael Monfils of France,
fifth-seeded Filip Krajinovic of Serbia and Australia's James
Duckworth. Monfils got a walkover victory when Belarus' Ilya
Ivashka was unable to compete.
--Field Level Media
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