Norway's Casper Ruud reacts as he plays against Poland's Kamil Majchrzak during their men's singles second round tennis match on Day 4 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 2, 2021. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

No. 5 seed Casper Ruud of Norway won 80 percent (40 of 50) of his first-service points in a 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory on Monday in the first round of the Mallorca Championships in Spain.

Ruud's next opponent at the new ATP 250 grass-court event will be American Tennys Sandgren, a 7-6 (3), 7-5 winner over Spain's Jaume Munar.

Other seeded players in action included No. 6 Karen Khachanov of Russia, who held off French qualifier Lucas Pouille 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4. Slovakia's Lukas Klein upended No. 8 Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Casper Ruud's next opponent at the new ATP 250 grass-court event will be American Tennys Sandgren, a 7-6 (3), 7-5 winner over Spain's Jaume Munar

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Also advancing Monday were Spain's Feliciano Lopez, Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic, Australia's Jordan Thompson, Italy's Stefano Travaglia and Frenchmen Adrian Mannarino and Corentin Moutet.

A match between American Sam Querrey and Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena was tied at one set apiece when play was suspended due to darkness.

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Rain forced the postponement of all first-round matches at the grass-court event in England.

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Gael Monfils of France is the No. 1 seed. Last year’s tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.