Marcos Giron upsets Casper Ruud 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Giron will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Giron added to his prize money $ 23,725 after winning this match. He has already won $ 50,895 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 48,720 to his earnings to get in total $ 99,615 in total.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Casper Ruud Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Giron scored 62 points vs. the Norwegian’s 50.
Giron
Giron served very well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind his first serve. However he won only 40% points (6/15) on his second serve. Marcos was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Ruud
On the other side, Casper was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Ruud is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats
Giron will face Auger-Aliassime in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Marcos Giron and Felix Auger-Aliassime square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Marcos won the set after he broke Ruud in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Giron failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 40.
Giron converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Giron didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Norwegian (32-23). The American dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, the Norwegian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).
The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Giron broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Ruud was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marcos won just 3 more points than Casper (30-27). Giron surrendered 9 points on serve (14-9). On the losing side, Casper conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-75 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
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