Federer beats Ruud to become oldest player to reach the 4th round in Paris

It was easy for Roger Federer to get past Norway’s Casper Ruud to reach the 4^th round of the French Open.

Federer won  6-3 6-1 7-6(10-8) in 2 hours and 11 minutes. With this win Federer also created a unique record, that is to become the oldest male player to reach the 4^th round of the French Open. The Swiss also became the first player to reach the round of 16 for the 14^th time.

The Swiss was playing his 400^th Grand Slam match today and eased past his 20-year-old Norwegian opponent.

The Match

In the first set, Rudd managed to hold his serve till the 6^th game and level at 3-3, but the master player broke in the 7^th and 9^th game to win the first set 6-3.

The 2^nd set, the Swiss broke the Norwegian in the 2^nd and the 4^th game and won the set easily by 6-1.

The 63rd ranked Norwegian was competitive in the 3^rd set and broke the world no.3 in the 2^nd game and lead 2-0, however, the advantage was swiftly bridged by Federer in the very next game breaking the serve of the 20-year-old. Ruud held on his serve for the next 4 games to take the game to the tiebreaker. Federer missed on 3 match points but ultimately won the tiebreaker 10-8.

Federer appreciated the tenacity of the young player saying: “He doesn’t make any noise. I love that.”

There is a fun fact about this match, Ruud’s father was in the draw when Federer made his debut in 1999.