Casper Ruud destroys Nuno Borges 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Los Cabos on Thursday after playing a solid match to face off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes.
The Norwegian added to his prize money $ 21,075 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 47,740 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Casper will add $ 33,455 to his earnings to get in total $ 81,195.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Nuno Borges Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 56 points vs. Nuno’s 35.
Ruud
Ruud served extremely well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (10/16) on his second serve. Casper was absolutely great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Borges
On the other side, Nuno wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ruud and Borges is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Ruud will face Tsitsipas in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-72 7-62 in the final in Italy F10 back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Nuno Borges in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Casper to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Ruud was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40). On the other side, Borges was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 54 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Portuguese (30-24). Casper lost 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Nuno conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Ruud in this set was much more effective than Nuno and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Borges in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Borges had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Ruud was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 15 more points than the Portuguese (26-11). Casper lost 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Nuno conceded 9 points on serve (4-9).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Casper RuudRuud – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-61 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-61 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H details and stats