Casper Ruud conquers Alexander Zverev 6-3 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Miami on Wednesday. Ruud will have to play Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money $ 164,045 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 343,985 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add $ 302,125 to his earnings to get in total $ 646,110.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Zverev Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 66 points vs. the German’s 63.
Ruud
Casper served pretty well to win 79% of the points (37/47) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (10/16) on his second serve. Casper won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Zverev
On the other side, Zverev was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Zverev is 1-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Ruud will square off with Cerundolo in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Casper grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Norwegian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Casper won 10 more points than the German (28-18). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). On the other side, Zverev conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).
Zverev was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking Casper 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Ruud was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1
to 6-1.They played 40 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the Norwegian (27-13). Zverev surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, the Norwegian conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).
Ruud had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Ruud to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Casper converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Zverev (25-18). Casper was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 5 points on serve (14-5).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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