Casper Ruud conquers the title in Estoril. HIGHLIGHTS – ESTORIL RESULTS

Casper Ruud bests Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 7-6(3) in the final in Estoril on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.

Ruud added € 35,665 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 85,605 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Miomir Kecmanovic Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Ruud scored 75 points vs. Kecmanovic’s 59.

Ruud

Casper served extremely well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (20/31) on his second serve. Casper won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Kecmanovic

On the other side, Kecmanovic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Kecmanovic is 2-2

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This was the 10^th career title for the Norwegian. (see list of titles and finals). Miomir 3^rd remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Kitzbuhel 2020. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

The Norwegian in this set was in much better shape than Kecmanovic and consequently he won 6-2

after breaking the Serbian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Norwegian won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

Ruud converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Kecmanovic (29-20). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Casper won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Casper won 4 minibreaks in the 5^th (3-2), 8^th (5-3), 9^th (6-3) and 10^th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Serbian won a minibreak in the 6^th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

The Norwegian was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6^th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Kecmanovic was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6^th game (3-2 40-A).

They contested 85 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Serbian (46-39). The Norwegian lost 14 points on serve (32-14). on the other side of the court, Kecmanovic conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).