MELBOURNE (AFP) — Second seed Casper Ruud was sent packing in the Australian Open second round Thursday, Jan. 19, with defeat to hard-hitting American Jenson Brooksby, a day after Rafael Nadal also went out. Norway’s Casper Ruud reacts as he plays against USA’s Jenson Brooksby during their men’s singles match on day four of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 19, 2023. (AFP)The Norwegian Ruud, who took a medical timeout after the second set, succumbed 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2 to the 39th-ranked Brooksby on Rod Laver Arena. Brooksby, who is on his Australian Open debut, will face Tommy Paul next after his fellow American beat Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five sets. But, undeterred, the gutsy American reset to break Ruud immediately and race to a 3-0 lead.
