Casper Ruud victorious over Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in San Diego on Saturday. Ruud is going to play against Cameron Norrie in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.
The Norwegian added to his prize money $ 22,305 after winning this match. He has won already $ 54,355 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add $ 38,160 to his earnings to get in total $ 92,515 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Grigor Dimitrov San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:29
Ruud won this contest even if he scored less points than Dimitrov (88 vs. 89).
Ruud
The Norwegian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12).
Dimitrov
On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 83% of the break points that he procured points (5/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Ruud will play Norrie in the final.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Cameron Norrie since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Norrie was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Ruud refused to bow to come back to break the Bulgarian in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
They contested 63 points. Casper won 7 points more than Dimitrov (35-28). Casper dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Grigor conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
The Bulgarian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Grigor broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Dimitrov converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Norwegian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Dimitrov conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Norwegian (33-24). Dimitrov conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Ruud didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Ruud to win the set since the Bulgarian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (2-2) game. Casper kept his cool to break Grigor in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Casper was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-2 40-A).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Norwegian won just 3 more points than the Bulgarian (30-27). Ruud conceded 13 points on serve (17-13). On the losing side, Grigor conceded 13 points on serve (14-13).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
