Rafael Nadal was too good for Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the final in Paris on Sunday after playing a tremendous match to win his 92nd career title, the 4th of this season. The match lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This is the 14 times that Nadal wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Casper Ruud French Open – Paris
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 86 points vs. Casper’s 55.
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Rafael served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (10/22) on his second serve. Rafael was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (8/16).
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On the other side, Casper was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Ruud is 1-0 for Rafael.
This was the 92nd career title for Rafael. (see list of titles and finals). The Norwegian remains with 8th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Nadal enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Nadal to win the set as the Norwegian succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Nadal maintained his focus to break Ruud in the 4th (3-1) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Rafael converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Norwegian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. Nadal won 7 points more than Casper (30-23). Nadal lost 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Rafael won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Nadal broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th game to conquer the set 6-3.
Ruud was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Nadal converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 0-40).
They played 58 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Ruud (33-25). Rafael lost 5 points on serve (12-5). On the losing side, the Norwegian conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
Ruud was totally subdued and Nadal won the set 6-0.
Nadal converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 32 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Ruud (24-8). Rafael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
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