Tennis Tennis Ruud awakening for Ferrer in Bastad Spanish veteran David Ferrer – a three-time winner and this year's seventh seed – was beaten 7-5, 6-2 by Caser Ruud. Jack Davies 20 July, 2018 08:50 IST Spanish veteran David Ferrer - Getty Images Jack Davies 20 July, 2018 08:50 IST Defending champion David Ferrer suffered a shock straight-sets defeat to world number 147 Casper Ruud at the Swedish Open on Thursday.The three-time winner was seeded seventh for this year's tournament but was beaten 7-5, 6-2 by the Norwegian wildcard.Ruud's reward is a clash with Richard Gasquet, who came from behind to reach the quarterfinals in a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Gerald Melzer on the clay courts.There were also wins for Fabio Fognini and Federico Delbonis on Thursday, with the pair now set to meet in the last eight.READ: Berdych to miss US OpenLike Gasquet, Fognini recovered from a first-set drubbing to emerge with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 win against Mikael Ymer, while Delbonis accounted for John Milan 6-4, 6-4.At the Croatia Open Umag, fourth seed Andrey Rublev outlasted wildcard Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 and sixth seed Robin Haase overcame Martin Klizan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.However, second seed Damir Dzumhur crashed out following a 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, 6-4 defeat to Evgeny Donskoy, while Marco Trungelliti rallied past Marton Fucsovics 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.Meanwhile, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Tim Smyczek progressed to a quarterfinal against each other by beating Vasek Pospisil and Jason Jung respectively. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos