2023-06-07 21:26:00
“I got a lot of free points at the beginning because Holger made too many mistakes. That helped,” explained Casper Ruud in the winner’s interview. “He was the favourite, had won the last match once morest me – no matter who was seeded in which position. I’m glad I did it.”
In view of the great expectations, the explosiveness and the sporting class of the two players, the match took an unexpected turn.
Ruud dominated once morest an oddly sluggish Holger Rune and took the first set in just 27 minutes.
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The Dane opened the second round with two double faults.
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“You can only explain that by the fact that he is young, wild and nervous,” said the former Davis Cup winner Charly Steeb am Eurosport-Mikrofon following an explanation.
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Only: It didn’t get any better for Rune, who was quickly behind 1:5 in the second set. “You can already tell that Rune wasn’t mentally prepared and is surprised at how things are going,” said Steeb. A full 64 minutes had been played before Ruud won the second round.
After all: Rune increased, realized the only break in the third set and shortened. It should remain an intermediate high, even if the world number six continued to put up more resistance.
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However, Ruud managed the break to make it 3-1 in the fourth round. Rune bucked, tried to hit back – to no avail. After 2:44 hours, the Norwegian ended the duel in his favour.
Alexander Zverev is now waiting in the semifinals on Friday. “I’m happy to play once morest Sascha. It’s nice to see him once more following what happened to him here last year,” said Ruud.
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