When Carlos Alcaraz destroyed Ruud. HIGHLIGHTS – RESULT

On Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz will face Casper Ruud for the Miami Open title. Even if Carlos is just 18, he is considered the favorite to win the final. Carlito has also a positive record against Casper Ruud. He literally destroyed the Norwegian player last year 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Marbella. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.

Here are the highlights and the statistics.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Casper Ruud Anytech365 Andalucia Open – Marbella

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 63 points vs. the Norwegian’s 42.

Alcaraz

The Spaniard served extremely well to win 82% of the points (23/28) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. Carlos was effective at converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).

Ruud

On the other side, the Norwegian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Live score progression and stats

Alcaraz had a strong start of this set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1^st

game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set since Casper succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) game. Alcaraz maintained his cool to break Casper in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 0-40), the 5^th

(3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7^th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Casper converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3^rd (0-3 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 55 points. Carlos was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Casper (35-20). Alcaraz conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). On the losing side, the Norwegian conceded 20 points on serve (13-20).

Carlos won the set after he broke Casper in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. The Norwegian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. However, the Spaniard didn’t lose the lead to win the set 6-4.

They played 50 points. Alcaraz won 8 points more than the Norwegian (29-21). Carlos lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Casper conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).