Ruud conquers Shapovalov in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

    INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Ruud ousts Shapovalov to play Novak Djokovic in the semifinal

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Denis Shapovalov

    Casper Ruud aces Denis Shapovalov 7-6(7) 7-5 in the quarter in Rome on Friday. Ruud will face Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Ruud
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    Ruud's Record

    Ruud added to his prize money € 113,515 after winning this match. He has won already € 249,740 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 206,980 to his earnings to get in total € 456,720.

    Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Denis Shapovalov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Ruud
    Shapovalov
    Casper Ruud
    7-67 7-5
    2h:19
    Denis Shapovalov
    97
    97
    Total points
    88
    88
    45
    45
    Winners
    46
    46
    46%
    46%
    Ratio Winners
    52%
    52%
    -- Serve --
    5
    5
    Aces
    3
    3
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    7
    7
    72%
    72%
    1st in
    63%
    63%
    78%
    78%
    1st won
    70%
    70%
    45/58
    45/58
    1st won
    46/66
    46/66
    65%
    65%
    2nd won
    55%
    55%
    15/23
    15/23
    2nd won
    21/38
    21/38
    -- Break Points --
    1/15
    1/15
    Total
    0/2
    0/2
    7%
    7%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Ruud scored 97 points vs. the Canadian’s 88.

    Ruud

    Casper served pretty well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (15/23) on his second serve. The Norwegian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 7% (1/15) of the procured opportunities.

    Shapovalov

    On the other side, Shapovalov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

    After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Shapovalov is 2-0 for Casper.

    Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

    Ruud will come up against Djokovic in the semifinal.

    This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

    Casper Ruud Draw info

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    Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the Norwegian won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.

    The Norwegian was unable to break Denis in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

    Tiebreak

    The Norwegian won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Canadian won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

    Ruud was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Ruud saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Denis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).

    They played 93 points. Casper was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Shapovalov (49-44). Casper dropped 10 points on serve (32-10). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 17 points on serve (34-17).

    The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Casper clinched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).

    Ruud converted 9% of his break points (1/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Denis wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).

    They played 92 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Denis (48-44). Casper conceded 11 points on serve (27-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Shapovalov conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).

     

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