# Tennis: Defending champion Casper Ruud is through to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals after battling past Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic, 7-5, 7-5. The Norwegian second seed is seeking to become the fourth man this century to successfully defend the Barcelona title. Ruud will next face Holger Rune in Friday’s quarterfinals, after the Dane beat Argentina’s Sebastian Baez, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Third-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated American Sebastian Korda, 7-6, 6-4, to set up a quarterfinal clash against Frenchman Arthur Fils.
Tennis: Casper Ruud’s Barcelona Open title defence remains on course