Norwegian Casper Ruud qualified for his second consecutive Roland Garros final by beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4 and 6-0 and will face his first Grand Slam title against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who is looking for the twenty-third mille.
After losing to Rafael Nadal on the same stage last year and to Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open, the Scandinavian will have a new rival in the final, whom he has never beaten in their four previous matches, in which he has not even won . won set.
The 24-year-old player, fourth racket in the rankings, moves into his second final with a solid game after a hesitant start to the season.
The Norwegian was much better than Zverev, who is recovering from the injury that forced him out of last year’s Roland Garros semi-final when he faced Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
The German, who has been off the track for half a year, is recovering his level, which has helped him reach his third successive semi-finals, but it was not enough against an opponent as solid as the Norwegian.
Ruud built up his level over the days and showed great solidity in the last two games, against the Danish Holger Rune and this Friday against Zverev.
Estoril title winner and semi-finalist in Rome, the Norwegian is an expert on clay courts who trains at Nadal’s academy in Manacor.
This is how he dealt with a Zverev who at no time gave the feeling that he could compete to become the second German in the final in Paris, after Michael Stich.
Source: El heraldo
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