Casper Ruud bests Matteo Berrettini 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the final in Gstaad on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. This is the second time that Ruud wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Casper added € 33,880 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 81,310 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Matteo Berrettini Swiss Open – Gstaad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 102 points vs. Berrettini’s 91.
Ruud
Ruud served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (45/56) behind his first serve, and he won 66% points (21/32) on his second serve. The Norwegian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.
Berrettini
On the other side, Berrettini had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Berrettini is 3-2 for Casper.
This was the 9th career title for the Norwegian. (see list of titles and finals). Matteo remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Berrettini grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Berrettini was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Norwegian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 65 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Matteo won just 1 point more than Casper (33-32). Berrettini conceded 11 points on serve (24-11). on the other side of the court, Casper conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Norwegian won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Ruud won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 8th (3-5) point.
Ruud won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Berrettini was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ruud won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Italian (34-36). Casper lost 9 points on serve (29-9). on the other side of the court, Berrettini conceded 5 points on serve (27-5).
Ruud in this set played at a much higher level than Berrettini and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Matteo in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Matteo lost the 5th game (4-1) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. A defining moment of this set was when Ruud won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Ruud converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Italian (35-23). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).
