2023-06-09 19:41:15
Casper Ruud victory to Alexander Zverev in straight sets and will be measured against Novak Djokovic in his second consecutive final of Roland Garros. The number 4 in the world imposed the distance in the ATP ranking with the German to take the three sets by 6-3, 6-4 y 6-0 and now will seek the first Grand Slam of his career against Absent.
After such a victory, the brand new finalist spoke to the public about what the game was like: “Today I played very well from the beginning, I didn’t want to think too much so that emotions do not invade me and I am happy to have won.” In addition, he expressed surprise at having reached this stage again: “It never crossed my mind to be a favorite to reach the final, obviously I love it, here we are, two weeks after starting my dream has come true again” .
Regarding the grand final that will be played this Sunday, with television ESPN, announced that it will not be easy: “Last year Rafa (Nadal) played me, now Nole… They are two of the toughest players in history, but I am going to play without much in my head, enjoy as much as I can but I know it’s going to be very hard. I will do my best, Nole is going for his 23rd Grand Slam and I am going for the first. Let’s hope it’s a great match.”
The 24-year-old Norwegian came to this instance after eliminating the Swede Elias Ymer (155), the Italian Giulio Zeppieri (129), the chino Zhang Zhizhen (71), the Chilean Nicholas Jarry (35) and Danish Holger Rune (6). On the other hand, the German who occupies the 27th place in the ranking took out the South African Lloyd Harris (294), the Slovakian Alex Molčan (86), the American Frances Tiafoe (12), the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (29) and, in the quarterfinals, he beat the Argentine Thomas Etcheverry (49) in four sets.
It should be remembered that Ruud defended the points of the final lost against Rafael Nadal in straight sets and came from winning last April with the Estoril ATP 250his only title in 2023 after having collected another nine trophies in his career with the particularity that he never won a Grand Slam. Last year he fell against Carlos Alcaraz in the last duel of US Open.
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