SECOND seed Casper Ruud was sent packing in the Australian Open second round today with defeat to hard-hitting American Jenson Brooksby, a day after Rafael Nadal also went out.
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.