Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori took down sixth seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4 in their first-round match at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday in Doha.Ruusuvuori fired seven aces and won 29 of 38 first-service points (76.3 per cent), holding on for the victory even as Evans saved six of 10 br
Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori took down sixth seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain 7-5, 6-4 in their first-round match at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Tuesday in Doha.
Fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain needed three sets to outlast Hungary's Marton Fucsovics 7-6 , 5-7, 6-4 in about three hours and eight minutes. No. 8 seed Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands beat Belarus' Ilya Ivashka 6-2, 7-5. Cressy, who also overcame 13 double faults, is a Paris-born American looking to continue his run of strong form in France after reaching the final of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier two weeks ago.
Also advancing were Switzerland's Leandro Riedi and Alexander Ritschard and Dutch qualifier Gijs Brouwer.No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was ahead 6-4, 5-3 over Brazilian wild card Mateus Alves when rain halted play in Rio de Janeiro.
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