Matteo Arnaldi stuns Ruud in the 2nd round to play vs Antoni Munar Clar at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Arnaldi stuns Ruud to fight against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Arnaldi vs. Casper Ruud

Matteo Arnaldi surprises Casper Ruud 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Friday. Arnaldi will seek to keep on going in this event against Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.

Arnaldi
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Arnaldi's Record

Arnaldi added to his prize money € 21,790 after conquering this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Highlights Matteo Arnaldi vs. Casper Ruud Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Arnaldi
Ruud
Matteo Arnaldi
6-3 6-4
1h:33
Casper Ruud
71
71
Total points
56
56
28
28
Winners
26
26
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
55%
55%
1st in
63%
63%
80%
80%
1st won
65%
65%
28/35
28/35
1st won
26/40
26/40
55%
55%
2nd won
43%
43%
16/29
16/29
2nd won
10/23
10/23
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
1/7
1/7
33%
33%
Won
14%
14%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Matteo scored 71 points vs. the Norwegian’s 56.

Arnaldi

Arnaldi served extremely well to win 80% of the points (28/35) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. Arnaldi won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Ruud

On the other side, Ruud wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Arnaldi and Ruud is 1-0 for Matteo.

Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar – stats

Arnaldi will fight against Antoni Munar Clar in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Arnaldi and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Arnaldi and Antoni Munar Clar (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Arnaldi won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Barcelona back in April 2023.

Matteo Arnaldi Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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ArnaldiRuud
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A
0
0
R
0
0

Arnaldi won the set after he broke Ruud in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Ruud tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, the Italian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-3.

The Norwegian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Matteo converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ruud converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They played 76 points. Arnaldi was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Casper (43-33). Arnaldi surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). On the other side, the Norwegian conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).

2nd Set -
Arnaldi Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Arnaldi overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0). Matteo managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Casper before winning the set (6-4).

Matteo missed the chance to break the Norwegian in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Arnaldi was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ruud wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).

They played 51 points. Arnaldi conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Ruud (28-23). The Italian lost 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, Ruud conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).

1st
Arnaldi
Ruud
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Arnaldi
Ruud
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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