Tallon Griekspoor ousts Casper Ruud 7-5 7-6(5) in the quarter in Stockholm on Friday. Griekspoor will engage against Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Tallon added to his prize money € 15,140 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,000 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Griekspoor will add € 25,235 to his earnings to get in total € 61,235.
Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Casper Ruud BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tallon scored 87 points vs. Casper’s 83.
Griekspoor
The Dutch served extremely well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (15/28) on his second serve. The Dutch blasted 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Tallon won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, Casper wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Griekspoor and Ruud is 3-2 for Tallon.
Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Griekspoor will come up against Dimitrov in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Tallon snatched in the 12th game (7-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
Tallon failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Dutch wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Casper was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 87 points. Tallon conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Casper (47-40). Griekspoor conceded 17 points on serve (34-17). In addition, on the other side, Ruud 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, Tallon won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Tallon won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 7th (4-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Casper won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Griekspoor won this set even if he scored less points 7 than the Norwegian (38-45). The Dutch conceded 9 points on serve (24-9). On the losing side, the Norwegian conceded 14 points on serve (36-14).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andrey RublevRublev (7-65 7-65)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 7-65)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H details and stats