Casper Ruud too good for Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Munich on Wednesday after playing a superlative match to square off with John Millman in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Pablo Cuevas BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 59 points vs. Cuevas’s 39.
Ruud
Casper served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind his first serve, and he won 89% points (16/18) on his second serve. The Norwegian was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Cuevas
On the other side, Cuevas wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Casper was just to good and the Uruguayan had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Cuevas is 2-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. John Millman – stats
Ruud will face Millman in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and John Millman play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Millman (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a favorable start in this set after breaking Millman in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for the Norwegian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Ruud converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Casper won 12 more points than Cuevas (30-18). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Uruguayan conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
The Norwegian in this set was in much better shape than Pablo and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Cuevas in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Cuevas was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Norwegian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Cuevas (30-18). The Norwegian dropped 5 points on serve (18-5). In addition, on the other side, Cuevas conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Tennis Scores in Munich
- John MillmanMillman – Guido PellaPella (4-6 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-77 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John MillmanMillman – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Federico CoriaCoria – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H details and stats