Dominic Stricker surprises Casper Ruud 6-4 3-6 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Basel on Thursday. Stricker will engage against Ugo Humbert in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 25 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stricker added to his prize money € 30,780 after conquering this match. He has already won € 66,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dominic Stephan will add € 63,200 to his earnings to get in total € 129,225 in total.
Highlights Dominic Stricker vs. Casper Ruud Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Stricker scored 108 points vs. the Norwegian’s 96.
Stricker
Dominic Stephan served very well to win 82% of the points (45/55) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (17/27) on his second serve. The Swiss struck 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Swiss won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 8% (1/12) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, the Norwegian had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Stricker and Ruud is 1-0 for Dominic Stephan.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominic Stricker vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
Stricker will compete against Humbert in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stricker and Ugo Humbert since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Dominic Stephan conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Swiss converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Dominic Stephan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 72 points. The Swiss conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Norwegian (38-34). Dominic Stephan lost 6 points on serve (19-6). On the losing side, Ruud conceded 19 points on serve (28-19).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Ruud grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Swiss couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ruud was on the money in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Stricker was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ruud won barely 1 point more than the Swiss (33-32). The Norwegian dropped 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the court, Stricker conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Stricker had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
The Swiss won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
The Swiss was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 70 points. The Swiss won 8 more points than Casper (39-31). Dominic Stephan was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (23-4). on the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 3-6 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-62 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Taylor FritzFritz (6-77 7-66 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-63 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andy MurrayMurray (6-75 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H details and stats