Casper Ruud gets by Ugo Humbert 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the quarter in Hamburg on Friday. Ruud will play Andrey Rublev in the semifinal.
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Ruud won the set after he broke Humbert in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Ugo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, the Norwegian managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 7-5.
Ruud converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5
15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Ugo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A).They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Casper won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the French player (41-42). The Norwegian lost 20 points on serve (29-20). on the other side of the net, Ugo conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the French player clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Ugo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ruud was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 69 points. the French player was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Casper (38-31). the French player dropped 13 points on serve (26-13). on the other side of the court, Ruud conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Ruud was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Humbert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Ruud managed to boost his lead after breaking the French player in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Casper converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6
break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Ugo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).They contested 51 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Humbert (32-19). Casper lost 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
The Norwegian will add to his prize money € 14,700 after conquering this match. He has won already € 45,985 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 18,090 to his earnings to get in total € 64,075.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Casper scored 104 points vs. the French player’s 99.
The Norwegian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 24% (4/17) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Humbert had a tough time converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Humbert is 1-1.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Ugo Humbert Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Ruud will play Rublev in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
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- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-5 3-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Christian GarinGarin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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