Casper Ruud bests Alexander Shevchenko 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Bastad on Thursday. Ruud will seek to keep on going in this event against Sebastian Ofner in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. Casper won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Shevchenko Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, Casper scored 68 points vs. Alexander’s 45.
Ruud
Casper served pretty well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. Casper was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Shevchenko
On the other side, Alexander was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
Ruud will play Ofner in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Ruud reinforced his lead after breaking Shevchenko in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Casper failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.
Ruud was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Alexander was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (1-6 30-40).
They contested 61 points. The Norwegian won 11 more points than Shevchenko (36-25). The Norwegian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15). In addition, on the other side, Shevchenko conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Ruud started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 2nd game (2-0). Ruud reinforced his lead after breaking Alexander in the 10th (6-4) game before conquering the set.
Casper converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. The Norwegian won 12 points more than Shevchenko (33-21). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
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- Alexander ZverevZverev – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-1 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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- Federico CoriaCoria – Leo BorgBorg (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 4-6 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Jozef KovalikKovalik (4-6 7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico CoriaCoria – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (5-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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