Casper Ruud motors past Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday after playing a marvellous match to deal with Henri Laaksonen in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 5,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 7,000 to his earnings to get in total € 21,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Casper scored 61 points vs. Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 29.
Ruud
Casper served very well to win 87% of the points (26/30) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 47% points (7/15) on his second serve. Ruud was pretty effective at converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6).
Vitus Nodskov Rune
On the other side, Holger wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Vitus Nodskov Rune is 2-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Henri Laaksonen – stats
Ruud will compete against Laaksonen in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Henri Laaksonen square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Laaksonen won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven since the Norwegian conceded no games to Holger before winning the set 6-0.
Casper was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Holger wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 32 points. Casper was the winner of the set after clinching 20 points more than Vitus Nodskov Rune (26-6). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (14-4). On the other side, Vitus Nodskov Rune conceded 12 points on serve (2-12).
Ruud was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Norwegian reinforced his lead after breaking Vitus Nodskov Rune in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
They played 56 points. Casper was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Vitus Nodskov Rune (34-22). The Norwegian dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, the Dane conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-0 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – John MillmanMillman (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Federico CoriaCoria – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-1) – H2H details and stats
