Casper Ruud overcomes Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Barcelona on Friday. Ruud will have to play Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Casper added to his prize money € 64,575 after winning this match. He has already won € 135,125 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 125,350 to his earnings to get in total € 260,475.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Matteo Arnaldi Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:32
At the end of the match, Casper scored 67 points vs. Arnaldi’s 51.
Ruud
The Norwegian was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Arnaldi
On the other side, the Italian was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Arnaldi is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats
Ruud will come up against Martin Etcheverry in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Tomas Martin Etcheverry clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a strong start of this set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Casper to win the set since Matteo managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (2-3) game. The Norwegian maintained his focus to break Matteo in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game.
Ruud failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Ruud converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Arnaldi (34-24). The Norwegian surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Norwegian grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Ruud converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Ruud won 6 points more than Matteo (33-27). Casper dropped 13 points on serve (23-13). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-64 7-61)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (4-6 6-3 7-6(8))
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
