Ruud swept Rublev and targeted Djokovic and Nadal in the final

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the norwegian Casper Ruud crushed the russian Andrei Rublev, 6-2 and 6-4 in one hour and eight minutes to reach his first final at an ATP Finals. He improved his debut to Turin Alpitour Shovellast year, and this Sunday he will challenge, at 7 p.m., the five-time champion of the tournament, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who will still have a few hours of rest, after defeating the American. taylor fritz of 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (6) in the day session. Balkan is not doing badly, which indicated the wear and tear he accumulated from more than three hours on the track against Daniil Medvedev on Friday.

Although Ruud, 23 years old and world no.5 at 7-6 (5). It was the first for the Nordic against the Muscovite after four defeats. The streak ended, the tennis player of Rafael Nadal Academy He is now 2-0 in the positive series with a rival who has accused this habit of getting carried away by his own anger when he is uncomfortable.

Ruud pointed to Djokovic, whom he failed to beat in three matches. They have already yielded in the same scenario in Turin, 7-6 (4) and 6-2, they also fell on the clay of Rome this campaign, 6-4 and 6-3.

If he lifts the trophy, Ruud will also dethrone the ‘in extremis’ world number two Rafael Nadalhis executioner in the group stage when he tied the semifinals and the man from Manacor will go home.

Another step for Casper Ruud was the season where he won the Buenos Aires, Geneva and Gstaad titles and reached the respective finals. lost the Miami and US Open against Carlos Alcaraz, surrendered at Roland Garros against Rafael Nadal. This time the rival is not helping either, a Djokovic who seeks to equal the record of six ‘master’ titles of Roger Federer.

Source: La Verdad

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