Casper Ruud gets by Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Los Cabos on Friday. Ruud will clash against Jordan Thompson in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes.
Casper added to his prize money $ 33,455 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 81,195 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add $ 57,995 to his earnings to get in total $ 139,190 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 75 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 66.
Ruud
Casper served pretty well to win 88% of the points (35/40) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. Casper was remarkable in converting the only break point that he conquered.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Tsitsipas wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Tsitsipas is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Ruud will take on Thompson in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Casper Ruud and Jordan Thompson face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Ruud and Thompson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Norwegian grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Norwegian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Stefanos (33-27). Ruud was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Casper won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Casper won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.
Casper won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Stefanos was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Casper won just 3 more points than Stefanos (42-39). The Norwegian conceded 14 points on serve (32-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 4-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H details and stats