Casper Ruud gets by Benoit Paire 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the quarter in Gstaad on Friday. Ruud will square off with Vit Kopriva in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes.
The Norwegian added to his prize money € 7,000 after conquering this match. He has won already € 21,000 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 8,500 to his earnings to get in total € 29,500.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Benoit Paire Swiss Open – Gstaad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 95 points vs. Paire’s 79.
Ruud
The Norwegian served very well to win 85% of the points (47/55) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (14/28) on his second serve. The Norwegian fired 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Ruud won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Paire
On the other side, the French player was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Paire is 4-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Vit Kopriva – stats
Ruud will compete against Kopriva in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Vit Kopriva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a racing start in this set after breaking Benoit Paire in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Norwegian managed to boost his lead after breaking the French player in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Paire conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before finally conquering the set (7-5).
Benoit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Ruud wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
Ruud had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Benoit Paire in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Ruud to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Tennis Scores in Gstaad
- Hugo GastonGaston – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 1-6 7-611) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Mikael YmerYmer (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H details and stats