Ruud left Shapovalov in the lunge

the norwegian Casper Ruud exit at Rome Masters 1,000 in two sets (7-6 (5) and 7-5) in Canadian Denis ShapovalovSpanish executioner Rafael Nadaland is already in the semi-finals of the Roman capital tournament, where he will face the Serbian Novak Djokovic or in canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Ruud left in chaos Shapovalov, and he did it after two even sets but where he was more solid and where he was pressed in key moments. The Norwegian, number 10 in the world, ended the match without a hitch ‘break’ and will stand in the semifinals giving only one set.

Neither of the two contenders gave up their serve, but the Norwegian’s four direct aces, as well as four double faults accumulated a Shapovalov strayed, they broke their confidence in the first set, which lasted over an hour and decided on a ‘tie-break’ where Ruudagain, is more solid.

The second sleeve began to follow the same line of equality. Ruud showed no signs of weakness and mentally punished Shapovalov, who over time expressed nervousness.

The Canadian saved two break balls with 3-3 on the scoreboard that would be devastating for the match. He stayed afloat and at 5-4 in his favor he had a set point saved by the Norwegian to put the tie at 5. That was enough to Shapovalovwho gave up his next game and was unable to break his opponent’s serve in the next, who closed out the match and was the third semi-finalist in Romewaiting for a rival.

Djokovic will start as the favorite to occupy the last spot in the semifinals, but will have to beat Auger-Aliassime, a duel hitherto not published. In addition, the current number one struggles, certainly, to stay that way. If he surrenders to the Canadian, he will give up his privileged position to the Russian Daniel Medvedev.