Ruud defeats Opelka in the semifinal of the Gonet Geneva Open. HIGHLIGHTS – GENEVA RESULTS

    GONET GENEVA OPEN - GENEVA DRAW AND RESULTS. Ruud beats Opelka to come up against Joao Sousa in the final

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Reilly Opelka

    Casper Ruud topples Reilly Opelka 7-6(2) 7-5 in the semifinal in Geneva on Friday. Ruud will try to keep the momentum against Joao Sousa in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Norwegian won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Ruud
    Geneva
    Ruud's Record

    Casper added to his prize money € 19,545 after winning this match. He has won already € 47,430 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 33,880 to his earnings to get in total € 81,310 in total.

    Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Reilly Opelka Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Ruud
    Opelka
    Casper Ruud
    7-62 7-5
    1h:30
    Reilly Opelka
    75
    75
    Total points
    60
    60
    41
    41
    Winners
    31
    31
    55%
    55%
    Ratio Winners
    52%
    52%
    -- Serve --
    4
    4
    Aces
    12
    12
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    1
    1
    72%
    72%
    1st in
    65%
    65%
    89%
    89%
    1st won
    67%
    67%
    41/46
    41/46
    1st won
    31/46
    31/46
    72%
    72%
    2nd won
    76%
    76%
    13/18
    13/18
    2nd won
    19/25
    19/25
    -- Break Points --
    1/1
    1/1
    Total
    0/0
    0/0
    100%
    100%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Casper scored 75 points vs. the American’s 60.

    Ruud

    Casper served very well to win 89% of the points (41/46) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (13/18) on his second serve. Casper was great in converting the only break point that he conquered.

    Opelka

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

    After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Opelka is 4-1 for Casper.

    Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Joao Sousa – stats

    Ruud will come up against Sousa in the final.

    This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Joao Sousa play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

    Casper Ruud Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. the Norwegian had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.

    Tiebreak

    The Norwegian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.

    Casper won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

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

    They contested 71 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Reilly (42-29). Casper surrendered 5 points on serve (30-5). On the losing side, Reilly conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).

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

    Casper was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 64 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Reilly (35-29). Casper surrendered 5 points on serve (24-5). On the losing side, Opelka conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).

     

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