A wonderful Casper Ruud who did everything he wanted with Andrei Rublev in the “Pala Alpitour” and after “flattening” him in just 68 minutes of the game, qualified for the grand final of this year’s ATP Finals, where he will face Novak Djokovic.

Great performance from the Norwegian, who didn’t suffer what he suffered under Danil Medvedev last year, qualifying for the 15th ATP final of his career with just six losses to the 25-year-old Russian at the appropriate stage of the tournament.

The number 4 in the world rankings has prevailed for me 6-2, 6-4 and “sealed” his place in the finals on Sunday (20/11) and confirmed he is in terrible playing condition in another match this week.

Rublev seemed… unimaginative and ‘broke down’ mentally just 24 hours after his unlikely excitement and qualifying over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the group stage.

Despite fighting back from 6-2, 5-2 down, he wasn’t able to find a second consecutive break and extend the match

Rude made just nine effortless errors to claim the win, utilizing 4/4 break points!

Totally focused on his goal and playing like a world-ranked senior from start to finish, the 23-year-old put on a real tennis performance in Turin.

With 35/46 points won behind serve and just a break when he served in the 2nd set for a 5-2 win, the winner finished the match, beating Rublev for the second straight ATP Finals and reducing the Your H2H at 2-5.

In his 7th ATP Finals 2022, Rudd will compete in Italy, who will add another huge success to his palmare after his performances in the Roland Garros final and the US Open final.

This victory also gave him all the ATP points he needed to secure promotion to third place in the world rankings next Monday (November 21). If he achieves the title, Rudd will even move up to No. 2 and leave Nadal at No. 3.

SOURCE: Tennis24