Kasper Ruud reached the semifinals of the 2022 Tournament of Champions on Tuesday after defeating American Taylor Fritz in three sets.
Casper Ruud in the semi-finals of the 2022 Tournament of Champions
This year’s Roland Garros and US Open finalist Ruud won 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(6). The match was very balanced and lasted two hours and 13 minutes.
Kasper led 5-2 in the tiebreak of the deciding set, missed the first match point on serve (at 6-5), but made another mini-break and eventually closed out the match.
The main favorite Rafael Nadal was eliminated from the Tournament of Champions
After Ruud’s victory, Rafael Nadal (who lost his first matches against Fritz and Auger-Aliasime) can no longer qualify for the semifinals of the tournament in Turin.
It is updated.
Tournament of Champions – Green Group, standings in real time
* Wins – losses / won – lost sets
1. Taylor Fritz 2-0 / 4-1
2. Casper Ruud 1-1 / 3-2
3. Felix Auger Aliassime 1-1 / 2-2
4. Rafael Nadal 0-2 / 0-4.
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