Casper Ruud topples Juncheng Shang 6-7(1) 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Ruud will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Taylor Fritz in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 44 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Juncheng Shang U.S. Open – New York
Ruud’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ruud scored 162 points vs. the Chinese’s 142.
Ruud
Ruud struck 10 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The Norwegian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 39% (9/23) of the procured opportunities.
Shang
On the other side, the Chinese was struggling when converting his break points (only 18% – 3/17). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Shang is 1-0 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Ruud will take on Fritz in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 7-66 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Roland garros back in June 2024.
Casper was great in turning this contest around in the last 3 sets after losing the first 2. In fact, he surrendered only 4 games in the last 3 sets after winning 87 points vs. Fritz’s 59 points.
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 6-3 6-1)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (5-7 7-5 6-1 6-3)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ben SheltonShelton (4-6 7-5 6-75 6-4 6-3)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-3 6-4 6-2)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 7-5 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 3-6 6-3 7-64)
- Casper RuudRuud – Juncheng ShangShang (6-71 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-3) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- David GoffinGoffin – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniel EvansEvans (0-3) – H2H details and stats