Kasper Ruud (4th ATP ranking) made his Champions Tour 2022 debut, the athlete from Norway defeated Felix Auger Alissime (6th world ranking) in two balanced sets (7-6, 6-4).
Casper Ruud, winning the 2022 Tournament of Champions with Felix Auger Aliassime
There was not even a break point in the first set, and the tie-break had the role of deciding the winner. With more inspired choices at key moments, Ruud won 7-4.
In the second set, the Canadian finally surrendered his serve, and Kasper Ruud knew how to take advantage of the table (6-4).
The match at Pala Alpitur (Torin) lasted one hour and 52 minutes.
It will be recalled that Ruud is a double finalist of the Grand Slam tournaments this season: he was defeated by Nadal in the last action at Roland Garros and by Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open.
CASPER FOR THE WIN! uD83DuDD25@CasperRuud98 defeats Félix Auger-Aliasime in his opening match at #NittoATPFinals uD83DuDCAA pic.twitter.com/7a5inwEb08
— ATP Tour (@atptour) November 13, 2022
Rafael Nadal and Taylor Fritz are also part of the green group at the 2022 Tournament of Champions. The match between the two will take place at 22:00 and can be watched live on Eurosport.
Tournament of Champions 2022, group composition
- Green group
Rafael Nadal (1)
Casper Ruud (3)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (5)
Taylor Fritz (8)
- Red group
Stefanos Tsitsipas (2)
Daniel Medvedev (4)
Andriy Rublev (6)
Novak Djokovic (7).
Know:
- The first two places in the two groups advance to the semi-finals, where the first place in one group and the second place in the other group are played according to the system.
- Tournament of Champions matches are played on a best-of-three sets basis.
Tournament of Champions – Records
- Most titles (in singles): Roger Federer (6)
- Oldest champion: Roger Federer, 30 years old, 2011
- Youngest champion: John McEnroe, 19, 1978
- Highest-ranked champion: 1st: Ilie Nastase (1973), Jimmy Connors (1977), Bjorn Borg (1979-80), John McEnroe (1984), Ivan Lendl (1985-87), Pete Sampras (1994, 1996) -97) , Lleyton Hewitt (2002), Roger Federer (2004, 2006-07), Novak Djokovic (2012, 2014-15) and Andy Murray (2016).
- Champion with the lowest rating: 12th place: David Nalbandyan, 2005.
- Most wins: Roger Federer (59).
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