Tennis
Ruud’s shock elimination from Brooksby in the second round of the Australian Open
Casper Rudd suffered a surprise loss to Jenson Brooksby in 3-1 sets to end his run at the Australian Open in the second round.
After Rafael Nadal and No. 2 on the board in Melbourne, Casper Rudd retired early from the Australian Open.
Making his debut in the first Grand SLMA of the year, 22-year-old Jenson Brooksby prevailed after a superb performance 6-3, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-2 of Norway and reached the 3rd round of the competition.
World No. 39 Brooksby didn’t lose his composure when Rudd came back in the 3rd set after 2-5 games and saved 3 match points from the American to go 2-1 behind. The Norwegian’s momentum was short-lived after Brooksby decisively won the fourth set and completed his triumph after 3 hours and 55 minutes of action at the Rod Laver Arena.
“Casper is a warrior, I knew it was going to be a big fight out there. I was confident in my game and just wanted to have fun and see what happens. I’m very proud of how I handled the situation in the 3rd set‘ Jenson Brooksby said in court.
In the 3rd round of the Australian Open, the youngster from Sacramento meets his victorious compatriot Tommy Paul 6-2, 2-6, 7-6, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Andrei Rublev also qualified for the 3rd round of the Happy Slam with a 4-set win over Emil Rusuvuori. The 25-year-old Russian, No. 6 in the world rankings, prevailed 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-3 of the Finn and meets Daniel Evans after the Briton’s victory in the round of 32 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 on Jeremy Sardi.
The deformed Diego Schwartzman who was defeated by 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 by JJ Wolf, while the American “lobby” celebrated another win on Thursday as Ben Shelton won 7-6(3), 7-6(3), 7-5 the Chilean Nicolas Yari.
Source: Tennis24
Source: sport 24
