Robert MacIntyre of Scotland won the Italian Open after defeating Matt Fitzpatrick of England on the first play-off hole in the DP World Tour competition.
As Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Italian Open, his son, Stefan, won a club competition in Serbia.
The 20-year-old Pole is in the form of her life as she has won 28 consecutive matches so far in the 2022 season.
The Norwegian Ruud came out as the victor after what was a thrilling contest that saw a brilliant tie-break in the very first set.
Day six saw third seed Rafael Nadal eliminated by Canada's Denis Shapovalov who recorded a fantastic comeback win.
Seventh seed Danielle Collins was in high spirits after defeating former world no. 1 Simona Halep but her joy was cut short by the unseeded Amanda Anisimova.
The biggest shock of the day perhaps was the elimination of sixth seed Karolina Pliskova against unseeded Swiss player Jil Teichmann.
The Greek edged out a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) win against Grigor Dimitrov to make it through to the next round of the competition.
Swiatek wrote her name in the history books when she became the lowest-ranked woman to win the French Open the previous year at rank 54.
She had sustained a tear in her left calf during her recent Italian Open Round of 32 match against German player Angelique Kerber in Rome.