Casper Ruud bests Sebastian Baez 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the quarter in Geneva on Thursday. Ruud will clash against Flavio Cobolli in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. Ruud won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money € 12,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,220 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Baez Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:03
At the end of the match, Casper scored 82 points vs. the Argentine’s 81.
Ruud
Ruud was effective at converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Baez
On the other side, Sebastian was remarkable in converting all his break points (3/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Baez is 3-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Flavio Cobolli – stats
Ruud will compete against Cobolli in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ruud conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Baez was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Casper won only 1 point more than Sebastian (29-28). Casper dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Baez conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Ruud started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Argentine to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
The Argentine was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 53 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Baez won just 1 point more than Ruud (27-26). Sebastian surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Ruud had a racing start in this set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for the Norwegian to win the set as the Argentine succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Casper kept his cool to break Baez in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Ruud failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 0.
The Norwegian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Sebastian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They contested 53 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Casper won just 1 point more than Baez (27-26). Casper dropped 11 points on serve (9-11). On the other side, Sebastian conceded 18 points on serve (15-18).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 6-1)
- Casper RuudRuud – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 3-6 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 7-62)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
