Casper Ruud victorious over Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Stockholm on Wednesday. Ruud will try to keep the momentum against Tallon Griekspoor in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 8,750 after winning this match. He has already won € 20,860 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 15,140 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Lorenzo Sonego BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:44
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 75 points vs. the Italian’s 59.
Ruud
Casper won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Sonego is 5-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Ruud will face Griekspoor in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Tallon Griekspoor square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Ruud and Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 6-3 6-4 in the R in Australia back in December 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a great start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Ruud to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
They played 56 points. Ruud was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Italian (34-22). The Norwegian conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Casper won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Norwegian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Casper wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 78 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Sonego (42-36). Casper conceded 12 points on serve (28-12). On the other side, Lorenzo conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Tommy PaulPaul – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 7-62)
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-66 6-4)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (7-60 6-3)
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Quentin HalysHalys – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
