Ny nedtur for Ruud – tapte for andre dag på rad

Casper Ruud gikk på en ny smell og er ute av doubleturneringen i ATP-touren i Canada.
Sammen med svensken André Göransson tapte han for Harri Heliövaara (Finland) og Henry Patten (Storbritannia) med settsifrene 4-6, 6-7.
Dermed ble det stopp før kvartfinalen i Montréal, der konkurransen er på Masters 1000-nivå.
Fredag forsvant Ruud ut av singleturneringen samme sted. Igjen kom han til kort mot Brasils tenåringssensasjon João Fonseca.
Lørdagens doubleturnering ble for øvrig midlertidig avbrutt på grunn av regnvær.
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