Casper Ruud prevails over Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Ruud dispatches Van De Zandschulp

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

Casper Ruud ousts Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Ruud
Rome
Ruud's Record

Ruud added to his prize money € 33,795 after winning this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruud
Zandschulp
Casper Ruud
6-74 6-2 6-4
2h:20
Botic Van De Zandschulp
102
102
Total points
88
88
54
54
Winners
49
49
53%
53%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
73%
73%
1st in
68%
68%
78%
78%
1st won
75%
75%
54/69
54/69
1st won
49/65
49/65
52%
52%
2nd won
39%
39%
13/25
13/25
2nd won
12/31
12/31
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
1/5
1/5
31%
31%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 102 points vs. the Dutch’s 88.

Ruud

The Norwegian served extremely well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Ruud won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Van De Zandschulp

On the other side, Van De Zandschulp had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Van De Zandschulp is 1-2 for Botic.

Casper Ruud Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Ruud had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Botic to win the set because Casper found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The Dutch maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Dutch won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Ruud won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

Van De Zandschulp won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

They contested 88 points. Botic was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Norwegian (46-42). The Dutch conceded 13 points on serve (30-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 16 points on serve (29-16).

Ruud enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Norwegian reinforced his lead after breaking the Dutch in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Ruud won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Norwegian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Botic was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 46 points. Casper was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Botic (29-17). Ruud surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Ruud clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Casper converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 56 points. Casper was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Botic (31-25). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, the Dutch conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).

 

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