
Holger Rune overcomes Casper Ruud 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Barcelona on Friday. Rune will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Dane added to his prize money € 70,760 after winning this match. He has already won € 148,065 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Dane will add € 137,370 to his earnings to get in total € 285,435.
Highlights Holger Rune vs. Casper Ruud Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Dane scored 63 points vs. Casper’s 50.
Rune
Holger served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. Holger was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Ruud
On the other side, Ruud was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Rune and Ruud is 2-6 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Rune will come up against Khachanov in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Rune had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Rune to win the set because Casper managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Holger won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
They played 73 points. The Dane conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Norwegian (39-34). Rune conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, the Norwegian conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).
Rune got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Holger to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Rune was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 0-40). On the other side, the Dane didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. The Dane was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Ruud (24-17). Rune conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). On the other side, Ruud conceded 7 points on serve (8-7).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Arthur FilsFils – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-0 ret.)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 7-5)
- Holger RuneRune – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
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