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Emil Ruusuvuori rolled into the top eight in the tough Masters tournament in Miami.
Rusuvuori beat in an almost three-hour thriller Botic van de Zandschulpin batch 4–6, 6–4, 7–5.
– Very happy, still hungry, Ruusuvuori expressed on his Twitter account.
Ruusuvuori’s ATP ranking is 54, van de Zandschulp’s 32.
Masters success brings a ranking bounce. Currently, the so-called live ranking is 37, Tennisliitto reports.
Rusuvuori managed to drop before van de Zandschulp Nuno Borges, Roberto Bautista Agutin and Taro Daniel.
Sinner vs
In the semifinals, they will face the tenth ranked in the tournament Jannik Sinnerwho batted in his own Tuesday game Andrei Rublev set 6–2, 6–4. The match is scheduled for Wednesday.
Ruusuvuori and Sinner have met Four times in the last two years. Sinner has won every one.
A Finnish player in the quarterfinals of the Masters level is not an everyday or even an annual thing. You could do the same last time Jarkko Nieminen ten years ago, reminds TennisTV on its Twitter account.