The Swiss clay continues to be a cheerful searching floor for Casper Ruud.

The World No. 4 kicked off his Gonet Geneva Open marketing campaign in type on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-5 second-round triumph in opposition to J.J. Wolf. An early break within the first set and a late break within the second had been sufficient to set the 2021 and 2022 champion on the best way to an 81-minute victory.

“I really feel nice. It’s an incredible win for me,” mentioned Ruud in his on-court interview. “J.J. is a really aggressive, robust participant to play in opposition to, a really robust opponent. I began the match nice, acquired a break early, and in addition gained in the long run fortunately… Glad to be right here once more tomorrow. It’s nice to be again in Geneva and at all times nice to play in entrance of the followers right here once more.”

Together with his win, Ruud improved to 9-0 in Geneva, and 17-0 in Swiss ATP Tour clay occasions. The Norwegian triumphed in Gstaad in addition to Geneva in 2021 and 2022.

“The membership is gorgeous, the followers are nice,” mentioned Ruud, when requested about why he so usually showcases his greatest tennis in Geneva. “Switzerland is a rustic with lots of tennis historical past now, with Roger, and Stan nonetheless taking part in. So it’s an unbelievable nation to be in, I actually prefer it. Good meals, good individuals, lots of lovely views so there’s lots of issues to love about Geneva and it’s at all times an incredible feeling being right here.”

Ruud will tackle Nicolas Jarry subsequent as he bids for his second tour-level title of the season (Estoril). Jarry superior to the quarter-finals after his opponent Tallon Griekspoor was pressured to withdraw on account of a proper ankle harm.

Earlier on Wednesday, Taylor Fritz shook off a tough begin with a strong end en path to a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win in opposition to Marcos Giron in his opening match on the clay-court ATP 250.

Fritz prevailed in a hard-fought contest by delivering a dominant serving efficiency within the deciding set in opposition to his No. 74-ranked countryman. The second seed dropped simply two factors behind his supply within the third set to assert victory in a match throughout which he additionally transformed 5 of the 13 break factors he earned.

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The 25-year-old Fritz is now 8-1 in opposition to fellow Individuals for the 2023 season. The Delray Seashore champion is chasing his maiden ATP Tour title on clay on occasion debut this week in Geneva, the place he’ll meet Ilya Ivashka within the quarter.finals.

Ivashka earlier got here by means of a three-set battle of his personal. The 29-year-old downed eighth seed Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to achieve the quarter-finals for the second consecutive yr.

Grigor Dimitrov loved a extra easy path to the final eight. The fourth seed brushed previous Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1, 6-4 to achieve his first tour-level quarter-final on clay this yr. Dimitrov, who additionally reached the quarter-finals in Geneva in 2021, subsequent performs Christopher O’Connell. The Australian led Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-0, 3-0 when the Spaniard retired from the pair’s second-round conflict.

“Actually, it was a superb day,” mentioned Dimitrov. “I feel I had an excellent begin to the match, particularly the primary 4 video games. I used to be actually on level, studying the sport properly, serving properly, which helped rather a lot. I feel at this time was additionally very robust situations, all in all. It was windy, form of swirly, somewhat bit chilly… I felt all I needed to do was be very composed, take care of the factors and easily comply with [my] recreation plan.”