the russian Andrei Rublevsecond favorite, the Norwegian succumbed Casper Ruudfirst seed, who sank after losing the first set in a tiebreaker, and took bastard his second title of 2023 and the fourteenth of his career.
Rublev won 7-6 (3) and 6-0 after 93 minutes and ended his finals curse. This season, the Muscovite, winner of Monte Carlo Masters 1,000lost the decisive matches of the tournaments in Halle, Banja Luka and Dubai.
In this moment @AndreyRublev97 clinched the title in Bastad 🙌@NordeaOpen | #NordeaOpen pic.twitter.com/i3JY2gRKfV
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The Russian player, ranked seventh in the world, took the win in the first set, very balanced and resolved in a tiebreaker. The Norwegian, fourth in the ATP rankings and looking for his second victory on the course after Estoril, suffered a setback and was doomed. He left the final after receiving a ‘donut’.
Rublev sealed his victory. The sixth of nine meetings against Ruud, who won the last two, in the ATP finals in 2021 and 2022. However, all previous duels on clay, like in Bastad, were scored by the Russian.
Source: La Verdad

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