French Open finalist Casper Ruud bowed out of the Monte Carlos Masters on Thursday suffering a 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) third round defeat to German Jan-Lennard Struff who has beaten the Norwegian on all three occasions they have met.
The 100th-ranked Struff – who came through the qualifiers – will play the winner of the all-Russian battle between Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals.
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Ruud was on a run of nine successive victories on clay – having won in Gstaad last July and then Estoril last Sunday – but he looked out of sorts in Monaco.
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