Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune upsets Radu Albot 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday. Vitus Nodskov Rune will play Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.
The Dane added to his prize money € 3,585 after conquering this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Vitus Nodskov Rune will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.
Highlights Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Radu Albot Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Dane scored 82 points vs. the Moldovan’s 57.
Vitus Nodskov Rune
The Dane won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Albot
On the other side, Radu wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Vitus Nodskov Rune and Albot is 1-0 for Holger.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Vitus Nodskov Rune will take on Ruud in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Carlo back in April 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Moldovan conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
They played 60 points. Albot won 6 more points than Vitus Nodskov Rune (33-27). Albot dropped 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, the Dane conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Ruud didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Radu Albot in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Dane managed to stage a good comeback to break Albot in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Holger wasted a good opportunity to break Albot in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Holger won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-2 to 5-2.
The Dane converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Radu was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They contested 50 points. The Dane was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Radu (30-20). The Dane conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Radu conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Albot was repeatedly broken and the Dane won the set 6-0.
Vitus Nodskov Rune converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 29 points. The Dane was the winner of the set after clinching 19 points more than Albot (24-5). The Dane was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Albot conceded 12 points on serve (2-12).
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