Botic Van De Zandschulp dispatches Casper Ruud 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Miami on Sunday. Van De Zandschulp is going to play against Emil Ruusuvuori in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Botic added to his prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. He has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If he wins the next match, Botic will add $ 87,510 to his earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Highlights Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Casper Ruud Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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The Dutch won this match even if he scored less points than Ruud (103 vs. 111).
Van De Zandschulp
The Dutch blasted 12 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Botic was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Ruud
On the other side, the Norwegian had some problems converting his break points (only 13% – 2/15). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Van De Zandschulp and Ruud is 3-1 for Botic.
Draw and next match H2H: Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats
Van De Zandschulp will come up against Ruusuvuori in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Emil Ruusuvuori square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Van De Zandschulp and Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Norwegian grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Botic was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Norwegian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 69 points. Ruud was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Dutch (39-30). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Dutch grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Van De Zandschulp failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Dutch converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (3-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Dutch won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Casper (34-35). Van De Zandschulp conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). On the losing side, Casper conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Van De Zandschulp had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0). The Dutch managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Casper in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.
Botic converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Ruud was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Botic won just 2 points more than Ruud (39-37). Botic surrendered 18 points on serve (26-18). On the losing side, Casper conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
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