
Casper Ruud downs Francisco Cerundolo 6-7(4) 6-4 10-8 in the Round Robin at the Laver Cup on Friday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the Round Robin in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo Laver Cup – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Norwegian won this contest even if he won less points than Cerundolo (79 vs. 80).
Ruud
Casper served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (38/51) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. The Norwegian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Cerundolo
On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Cerundolo is 5-5.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Cerundolo won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Argentine won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Ruud won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 10th (4-6) point.
Francisco won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Francisco didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 78 points. This set was so close that, Cerundolo won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Cerundolo conceded 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, Casper conceded 11 points on serve (26-11).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ruud clinched in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Casper converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40).
They played 58 points. This set was so close that, Ruud won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Casper lost 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, the Argentine conceded 8 points on serve (20-8).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Ruud won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
Ruud won 6 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Francisco won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3), 11th (6-5) and 16th (8-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Casper was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (5-3). On the losing side, Francisco conceded 6 points on serve (2-6).
Tennis Scores in Laver Cup
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 3-6 10-7)
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-74 6-4 10-8)


