Casper Ruud too good for Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Estoril on Thursday after playing a great match to come up against Marton Fucsovics in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Ruud won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Norwegian will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Millennium Estoril Open – Estoril
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 65 points vs. the Dutch’s 44.
Ruud
Casper was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Botic wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Van De Zandschulp is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats
Ruud will square off with Fucsovics in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Marton Fucsovics clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Fucsovics won 6-0 6-0 in the semifinal in Budapest Challenger back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a favorable start in this set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Casper reinforced his lead after breaking the Dutch in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Casper won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Ruud converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (0-4 40-A).
They contested 64 points. Ruud conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Dutch (36-28). Casper dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
The Norwegian in this set was too good for Van De Zandschulp and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Dutch in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Van De Zandschulp was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Ruud was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Ruud conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Dutch (29-16). Casper dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Botic conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Estoril
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- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Arthur FilsFils (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christian GarinGarin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H details and stats