Casper Ruud conquers Gilles Simon 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Mallorca on Monday. Ruud will face off with Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Ruud added to his prize money € 6,155 after winning this match. He has won already € 15,450 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 8,580 to his earnings to get in total € 24,030 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Gilles Simon Mallorca Championships – Mallorca
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 69 points vs. Gilles’s 61.
Ruud
Casper served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 44% points (7/16) on his second serve. Ruud won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Simon
On the other side, Gilles was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Simon is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Tennys Sandgren – stats
Ruud will square off with Sandgren in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Tennys Sandgren square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in Geneva back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Casper conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the French player (29-24). Ruud conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Sandgren overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Norwegian succeeded in coming back to break the French player in the 2nd (1-1) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Casper won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Gilles won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.
Ruud won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
The Norwegian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the French player converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Norwegian won just 2 points more than Gilles (39-37). Ruud dropped 12 points on serve (26-12). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
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