Casper Ruud conquers Karen Khachanov 7-6(5) 6-2 5-7 6-2 in the semifinal in New York on Friday. Ruud is going to play against Carlos Alcaraz in the final. The battle lasted exactly 3 hours. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money $ 595,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 1,300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add $ 1,300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 2,600,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Karen Khachanov U.S. Open – New York
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-2
3h:00
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 128 points vs. the Russian’s 104.
Ruud
Casper served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (57/69) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (23/39) on his second serve. The Norwegian struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Norwegian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Khachanov is 2-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Ruud will take on Alcaraz in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Carlos Alcaraz play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Alcaraz won 7-5 6-4 in the final in Miami back in April 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud started the set strong after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more work to do for the Norwegian to win the set as Khachanov managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Ruud maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Casper won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 12th (7-5) point.
Ruud won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Casper was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 0-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ruud won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Russian (36-38). The Norwegian lost 13 points on serve (24-13). In addition, on the other side, Khachanov conceded 12 points on serve (25-12).
Casper in this set was in much better shape than the Russian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Russian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Ruud missed the chance to break Karen in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
A defining moment of this set was when Ruud won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Ruud converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Ruud won 19 points more than Karen (30-11). Ruud was incredibly sharp on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (16-0). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Karen conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The Russian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Khachanov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. Khachanov was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Casper (35-28). The Russian surrendered 5 points on serve (24-5). In addition, on the other side, the Norwegian conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).
Ruud in this set was too strong for the Russian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Karen in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Norwegian won 5 consecutive games in the 4th set to bring the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
Casper converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Ruud won 12 points more than the Russian (33-21). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Khachanov conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Casper RuudRuud – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-65 6-2 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-76 6-3 6-1 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H details and stats
