Casper Ruud aces Taylor Fritz 7-5 6-4 in the 4th round in Madrid on Tuesday. Ruud will play Daniil Medvedev in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money € 75,225 after winning this match. He has already won € 165,670 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 125,370 to his earnings to get in total € 291,040 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Taylor Fritz Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Casper scored 71 points vs. the American’s 63.
Ruud
Casper won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, Fritz had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Fritz is 3-1 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Ruud will take on Medvedev in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud won the set after he broke Fritz in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Fritz tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Ruud kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.
Ruud converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Taylor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 78 points. It’s worth to point out that, Casper won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Taylor (38-40). Casper dropped 16 points on serve (24-16). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Norwegian conquered in the 5th
game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).Casper converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0
40-A and 40-A).They contested 56 points. Casper was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Fritz (33-23). Ruud lost 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 6-3)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 6-1 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Taylor FritzFritz (7-5 6-4)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-2)
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