Casper Ruud defeats Tommy Paul 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 5-7 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Ruud will engage against Corentin Moutet in the 4th round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 23 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 278,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add $ 167,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 445,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Tommy Paul U.S. Open – New York
Ruud’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
5-7 6-0
4h:23
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 180 points vs. the American’s 167.
Ruud
Casper won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, the American was pretty focused in converting 83% of the break points that he conquered points (5/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Paul is 3-1 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Corentin Moutet – stats
Ruud will square off with Moutet in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Corentin Moutet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Ruud to win the set as Tommy succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Ruud kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 3.
Tiebreak
The Norwegian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Norwegian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ruud won just 2 points more than Paul (41-39). Ruud conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).
Tommy won the set after he broke Ruud in the 4th (3-1) game. Casper tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, the American didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
The American won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Casper won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Ruud was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 3 more points than Casper (40-37). The American lost 11 points on serve (26-11). On the losing side, the Norwegian conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).
Casper won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Casper broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-2.
The American capitulated the 12th game (6-6) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Tiebreak
Casper won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Tommy won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
The Norwegian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Paul was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40).
They contested 83 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Casper won barely 1 point more than Tommy (42-41). The Norwegian surrendered 15 points on serve (20-15). On the losing side, the American conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tommy conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Norwegian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tommy won just 3 more points than the Norwegian (37-34). Paul dropped 12 points on serve (27-12). On the other side, Ruud conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
Tommy was completely overpowered and the Norwegian won the set 6-0.
Ruud converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Ruud won 16 more points than Tommy (26-10). Casper was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (13-4). On the losing side, Tommy conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).
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