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.
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
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.
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, 7-2They 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).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Casper RuudRuud – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-62 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Joao SousaSousa – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H details and stats