Ruud won 6-4 and 7-5, after an hour and 54 minutes, to get into the final of the fourth masters 1000 of the year, where he will cross with the winner of the match between the British Jack Draper (5th) and the Italian Lorenzo Musetti.
Cerúndo, who is going through the best moment of his career, came to beat him a great game in the quarterfinals to Czech Jakub Mensik (22 °), which just over a month ago had raised the title in Miami 1000 Masters with only 19 years. Previously, in the round of 16, the Argentine had starred in a great performance to eliminate number 2 in the world, the German Alexander Zverev.
Francisco’s excellent present
Cerúando has been dreamed a few weeks, since he had reached the quarterfinals both in the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells and in Miami’s. These great performances will allow him from Monday to be, at least, in the nineteenth place of the ATP ranking.
Ruud, meanwhile, has been having very good games to eliminate very complicated rivals like Americans Sebastian Korda (23 °) and Taylor Fritz (3rd) and the Daniil Medvedev (9). The Norwegian already claimed to return to Top 10.
The quarterfinals of the Argentine
After an intense battle, the Argentine Francisco closing it (20) highlighted the difficulty of the encounter against Czech Jakub Mensik (22), which won 3-6, 7-6 (5) and 6-2, after two hours and 10 minutes to go to the semifinals of the semifinals Madrid Open.
“It was a very difficult game. I did not start in the best way with the serve, he was very firm, getting very strong. From there the idea was He expressed closing him after the game.
With the triumph, closing it, he assured his place among the four best of the tournament and analyzed the key to the outcome: “I won the second set, in the third fell a little physically and mentally, the game changed. I have been making a great tournament, a great year, improving many things. Being in another semifinal of Masters 1000 means a lot.”
On the other hand, the Argentine also thanked the support of fans in the tournament: “I felt a lot the support of the Argentines and Spanish. I am the only one who speaks Spanish, so they support me, luckily.”
Source: Ambito
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