In the other semifinal of the tournament, played in Turin, Italy, the duel will be between German Alexander Zverev and North American Taylor Fritz
The Norwegian secured a place in the semifinals of the , in Turin, Italy, by beating the Russian , by 2 sets to 1, with partials of 6/4, 5/7 and 6/2. His opponent for a place in the final of the tournament that brings together the eight best players of the season will be the Italian, leader of the world rankings. In the other semifinal, the duel will be between the German and the North American. The surprise was the elimination of the Spaniard. With the need to win a set to secure a place in the semifinals, Ruud achieved his goal at the first chance. The opening set was very balanced and the only break was recorded in the seventh game in favor of Rudd.
The Norwegian maintained his serve and closed the first half in 6/4. The second set had the same panorama. Rublev had a chance to break in the tenth game, but Ruud recovered and equalized at 5/5, but the Russian player kept the pace full of strong blows and closed the partial at 7/5. The third set was Ruud’s. The world number six was more consistent and gave his opponent no chance to close the set and the game at 6/2, after 1h43 of play.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Published by Matheus Lopes
