Casper Ruud victorious over Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Toronto on Thursday. Ruud will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes.
Casper added to his prize money $ 29,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 74,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add $ 47,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 121,500 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 59 points vs. Lajovic’s 40.
Ruud
Casper was stunning in converting all the break points (3/3).
Lajovic
On the other side, Lajovic didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Lajovic is 2-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Ruud will fight against Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ruud won 7-64 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Norwegian conquered in the 10th
game (6-4).Casper was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Dusan (29-19). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Lajovic conceded 9 points on serve (17-9
).Ruud had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Dusan Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ruud to win the set as Lajovic succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Ruud maintained his focus to break Lajovic in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Norwegian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the Serbian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 51 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Serbian (30-21). The Norwegian conceded 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Tennis Scores in Toronto
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- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 7-66 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-77 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- John IsnerIsner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (5-7) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-1) – H2H details and stats