Ruud’s resilience defeated the explosive Rune to return to the semifinals

There will be no dynamite Holger Rune with his punches, but Casper Ruud gave another sample of the resilience of his game to defeat his explosive Danish rival and stand for the second year in a row in the semifinals of Roland Garros: 6-1, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3 in 2h.44′.

WE HAVE THE LAST SEMIFINALIST!

Casper Ruud will play in the semifinals of #Roland Garros for the second year in a row after the real game against Rune 🔥#RGEurosport pic.twitter.com/rFCm6ztOei

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The Norwegian, 24 years old and world number 4, will face the German on Friday Alexander Zverev with the aim of taking another step and repeating his presence in the Paris final, as he did in 2022, when his friend and idol Rafael Nadal he was given no choice and lifted the Musketeers Cup for the 14th time in his career.

Ruud hit it big in 2022 winning three ATP titles and playing in the finals of Roland Garroshe US Open and the masterswhere three ‘monsters’ in a state of grace deprived him of glory in the decisive match, the aforementioned Nadal in Paris, Carlos Alcaraz in New York and Novak Djokovic in Turin.

Once definitely installed in the elite, Casper lost a bit at the beginning of 2023, but he regained his best version at the best moment, Roland Garros, against a rival called to achieve great success in the future , Rune, who is already 6th in the ranking at 20 years old.

Ruud was a wall in the first two sets and the granite, solid, seamless tennis lost the unknown Rune, a shadow of himself in his first hour on court (6-1, 6-2). However, Holger oozes class from all sides and sooner or later the quality has to be shown on the court. Philippe Chatrier.

The Dane, champion of Munich and finalist in Monte Carlo and Rome As good results on the ground tour, he rebelled against his own ineffectiveness and began to fuel at the beginning of the third set, when a break in the second game laid the foundation for 0-3 in which he put success track in that set of 3 -6.

Rune now loose, very strong and often sending his dreaded shots, Ruud’s response to this truly menacing version of the Dane is commendable: the Norwegian, stoic, withstands the bombardments with great consistency and an extraordinary faith in his possibilities.

𝗤 𝗤𝗨 𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗦 𝗤𝗨

What a bad point between Rune and Ruud! 🤯🤯#Roland Garros | #RGEurosport pic.twitter.com/MjHQShJzlA

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He did so well that he broke Rune’s serve in the fourth game (3-1) and then confirmed that advantage (4-1) after raising 15-40 in favor of the Dane. Holger didn’t give up and looked for a counterbreak to level the match and force a fifth set, but Ruud didn’t back down either and closed out the match with authority (6-3) endorsing his ability as a great competitor.

Rune gave the first two sets almost without any resistance and, in the end, such an advantage over his rival was too much for the Dane in front of this solvent performance of Casper Ruud, who measured Holger. : five wins in six games. The Dane’s only victory came in the recent semifinals in Rome, but the Norwegian regained his winning streak at Roland Garros.