Casper Ruud dispatches Alexander Bublik 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Saturday. Ruud will engage against Matteo Berrettini in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2020, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Norwegian added to his prize money € 22,030 after conquering this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ruud will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Alexander Bublik Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Casper scored 93 points vs. Alexander’s 80.
Ruud
Casper served extremely well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. Ruud won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Bublik
On the other side, Bublik was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Bublik is 7-1 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Ruud will compete against Berrettini in the 3rd round.
This will be the 8th time that Casper Ruud and Matteo Berrettini clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ruud grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Casper failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Norwegian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They contested 62 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Alexander (33-29). Ruud surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Ruud had a racing start in this set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Alexander to win the set since Casper managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Bublik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Norwegian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 61 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Casper (29-32). The Kazakhstani lost 15 points on serve (22-15). In addition, on the other side, Ruud conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Casper clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Casper converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Casper conquered the set after winning 6 more points than the Kazakhstani (28-22). Ruud dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
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