Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 1, 2023 Norway's Casper Ruud during his second round match against Italy's Giulio Zeppieri REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
PARIS (Reuters) - Last year's runner-up Casper Ruud turned on the style at the French Open before the fourth seed showed steel to quell Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 and move into the third round on Thursday.
The Norwegian brought a touch of flair to Court Philippe Chatrier in classy blue pinstriped shorts and barely fluffed his lines early on, forcing an inexperienced Zeppieri into a corner by badgering him from the baseline.
