Jannik Sinner overcomes Casper Ruud 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Vienna on Friday. Sinner will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Sinner added to his prize money € 21,075 after winning this match. He has won already € 66,040 till now in this event. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add € 26,700 to his earnings to get in total € 92,740.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Casper Ruud Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jannik scored 71 points vs. Casper’s 55.
Sinner
Sinner served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind his first serve. However he won only 40% points (8/20) on his second serve. Sinner blasted 10 aces without committing any double fault. The Italian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, the Norwegian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sinner and Ruud is 2-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Sinner will come up against Tiafoe in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Italian to win the set since Ruud found the way to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. The Italian maintained his focus to break Casper in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Sinner converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ruud converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jannik won just 3 more points than Ruud (38-35). The Italian dropped 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Sinner started the set in the best possible way after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Sinner extended his lead after breaking Casper in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Sinner won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Sinner converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Casper was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 53 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Casper (33-20). Jannik surrendered 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, Casper conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H details and stats