Superlative Ruud crushes Cerundolo in the semifinal of the Miami Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

    MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Ruud exterminates Cerundolo to compete against Carlos Alcaraz in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo

    Casper Ruud trashes Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Miami on Friday after playing a tremendous match to play Carlos Alcaraz in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 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
    Miami
    Ruud's Record

    The Norwegian added to his prize money $ 302,125 after winning this match. He has won already $ 646,110 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add $ 585,135 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,231,245 in total.

    Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo Miami Open – Miami

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Ruud
    Cerundolo
    Casper Ruud
    6-4 6-1
    1h:34
    Francisco Cerundolo
    68
    68
    Total points
    50
    50
    31
    31
    Winners
    17
    17
    46%
    46%
    Ratio Winners
    34%
    34%
    -- Serve --
    6
    6
    Aces
    1
    1
    3
    3
    Double Faults
    5
    5
    61%
    61%
    1st in
    58%
    58%
    84%
    84%
    1st won
    52%
    52%
    31/37
    31/37
    1st won
    17/33
    17/33
    33%
    33%
    2nd won
    46%
    46%
    8/24
    8/24
    2nd won
    11/24
    11/24
    -- Break Points --
    4/8
    4/8
    Total
    1/5
    1/5
    50%
    50%
    Won
    20%
    20%
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    At the end of the match, Ruud scored 68 points vs. Francisco’s 50.

    Ruud

    Ruud served extremely well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 33% points (8/24) on his second serve. The Norwegian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

    Cerundolo

    On the other side, Cerundolo was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Casper.

    Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

    Ruud will face Alcaraz in the final.

    This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Carlos Alcaraz square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    Casper Ruud Draw info

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    Ruud conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Francisco Cerundolo in the 1st game (1-0). However, Ruud refused to bow to come back to break Cerundolo in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

    Ruud converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Francisco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

    They played 64 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Francisco (34-30). The Norwegian lost 11 points on serve (18-11). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

    Casper won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

    The Argentine was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

    The Norwegian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, the Argentine was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 54 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Francisco (34-20). The Norwegian dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Cerundolo conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).

     

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