PUNE: Finland’s sixth seed Emil Ruusuvuori knocked out defending champion Jiri Vesely in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Tata Open Maharashtra at the Mhalunge-Balewadi stadium here on Friday.
Ruusuvuori, world No. 90, had ousted the last edition’s runner-up Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in the opening round of the $494,000 ATP 250 Series event.