Casper Ruud survives Andrey Rublev 2-6 7-5 7-6(5) in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Ruud will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Andrey Rublev Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Ruud won this match even if he conquered less points than Andrey (98 vs. 110).
Ruud
The Norwegian fired 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Norwegian was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Rublev
On the other side, Rublev wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Rublev is 1-4 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Ruud will take on Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Mallorca back in June 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev in this set didn’t concede much to Ruud and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Norwegian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was an important spell in this set when Rublev won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
They contested 51 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Ruud (31-20). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (15-4). on the other side of the net, the Norwegian conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
The Norwegian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Ruud broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
The Norwegian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ruud won just 2 points more than the Russian (37-35). The Norwegian lost 14 points on serve (23-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
The Norwegian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Norwegian broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Ruud won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Russian won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40). On the other side, Rublev converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They contested 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ruud won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Andrey (40-44). Casper lost 16 points on serve (30-16). In addition, on the other side, Rublev conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
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- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-67 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
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