Juan Manuel Cerundolo surprises Casper Ruud 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Gstaad on Friday. Cerundolo will play Ignacio Buse in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Juan Manuel added to his prize money € 13,075 after winning this match. He has already won € 31,090 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add € 21,800 to his earnings to get in total € 52,890.
Highlights Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Casper Ruud EFG Swiss Open – Gstaad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
The Argentine won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of Ruud (83 vs. 83).
Cerundolo
The Argentine was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (6/9).
Ruud
On the other side, Ruud was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cerundolo and Ruud is 1-0 for Juan Manuel.
Draw and next match H2H: Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Ignacio Buse – stats
Cerundolo will square off with Buse in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Ignacio Buse play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Cerundolo had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Cerundolo to win the set because Ruud managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Argentine kept his focus to break the Norwegian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Ruud had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The Argentine converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Casper converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Argentine won just 3 more points than Casper (38-35
). Cerundolo dropped 13 points on serve (16-13). In addition, on the other side, Casper conceded 22 points on serve (22-22).Cerundolo came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Norwegian reinforced his lead after breaking Cerundolo in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Argentine was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1
to 6-1.Casper was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ruud didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. The Norwegian conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Argentine (29-18). The Norwegian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, Cerundolo conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Cerundolo started the set in the best possible way after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Juan Manuel succeeded in coming back to break the Norwegian 3 times in the 4th (1-3), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Casper was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 0-3 to 6-3.
Juan Manuel converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 0-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Norwegian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 46 points. The Argentine was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Ruud (27-19). Juan Manuel surrendered 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Tennis Scores in Gstaad
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-3 3-6 6-1)
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 1-6 6-3)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-4 6-3)
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Jerome KymKym (7-63 3-6 7-5)
Upcoming matches
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