Casper Ruud breezes past Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-0 in the quarter in Estoril on Friday after playing an extraordinary match to square off with Quentin Halys in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
Ruud added to his prize money € 12,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 29,355 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 20,585 to his earnings to get in total € 49,940.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Baez Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:18
At the end of the match, Casper scored 63 points vs. the Argentine’s 45.
Ruud
The Norwegian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Baez
On the other side, Baez wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Baez is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Quentin Halys – stats
Ruud will fight against Halys in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Quentin Halys clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Halys (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a strong start of this set after breaking Sebastian Baez in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Ruud managed to stage a great comeback to break Sebastian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Baez couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ruud converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sebastian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 62 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Argentine (34-28). Casper surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). On the losing side, Baez conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
The Argentine was completely overpowered and Casper won the set 6-0.
The Norwegian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Sebastian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 46 points. Ruud conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Baez (29-17). The Norwegian dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the losing side, Baez conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Quentin HalysHalys (1-0) – H2H details and stats
