Casper Ruud ousts Watanuki in the 1st round to collide vs Giron. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Ruud prevails over Watanuki to come up against Marcos Giron in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Yosuke Watanuki

Casper Ruud wins against Yosuke Watanuki 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ruud is going to play against Marcos Giron in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Ruud
Tokyo
Ruud's Record

Casper added to his prize money $ 12,680 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.

Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Yosuke Watanuki Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruud
Watanuki
Casper Ruud
7-66 6-3
1h:46
Yosuke Watanuki
79
79
Total points
62
62
33
33
Winners
28
28
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
66%
66%
1st in
43%
43%
79%
79%
1st won
85%
85%
33/42
33/42
1st won
28/33
28/33
73%
73%
2nd won
43%
43%
16/22
16/22
2nd won
19/44
19/44
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
0/3
0/3
40%
40%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Casper scored 79 points vs. Watanuki’s 62.

Ruud

The Norwegian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (33/42) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (16/22) on his second serve. Ruud won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Watanuki

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

After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Watanuki is 1-0 for Casper.

Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Marcos Giron – stats

Ruud will fight against Giron in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Marcos Giron clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Casper Ruud Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Ruud HTML
RuudWatanuki
HTML
R
0
0
W
0
0

Casper won the set after he broke Watanuki .

The Norwegian was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Watanuki was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 101 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Norwegian won only 1 point more than Yousuke (51-50). The Norwegian lost 10 points on serve (27-10). on the other side of the court, Yousuke conceded 24 points on serve (40-24).

2nd Set -
Ruud Not
Not
0
0
0
0

The Norwegian won the set after he broke the Japanese in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The Norwegian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 40 points. The Norwegian won 14 more points than Yousuke (27-13). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

1st
Ruud
Watanuki
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Ruud
Watanuki
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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