Casper Ruud defeats Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6(6) 6-4 in the semifinal in Barcelona on Saturday. Ruud will seek to keep on going in this event against Unknown Player/Unknown Player or Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money € 125,350 after conquering this match. He has already won € 260,475 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 227,915 to his earnings to get in total € 488,390 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 70 points vs. Tomas Martin’s 65.
Ruud
Casper served very well to win 79% of the points (33/42) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. Ruud was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Etcheverry
On the other side, Etcheverry was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Etcheverry is 2-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Unknown Player/Unknown Player or Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski – stats
Ruud will compete against either Unknown Player/Unknown Player or Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski in the final. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Unknown Player/Unknown Player and 0-0 vs. Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud won the set after he broke Etcheverry in the 6th (4-2) game. Tomas Martin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. However, Casper kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-6.
The Norwegian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 12th (6-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Etcheverry converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. This set was so close that, Ruud won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Ruud lost 14 points on serve (24-14). on the other side of the net, Etcheverry conceded 22 points on serve (32-22).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Casper conquered in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Norwegian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Etcheverry wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 43 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ruud won just 3 points more than the Argentine (23-20). The Norwegian surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, Tomas Martin conceded 5 points on serve (12-5).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Casper RuudRuud – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-66 6-4)
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