World No. 5 Norwegian Kasper Ruud defeated French Kenten Alice 6:4, 3:6, 7:6 in the semi-finals of the tournament in Estoril (Portugal).
The Norwegian tennis player will play in the final with Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, who beat Italy’s Marco Cecchinato in the semi-finals.
For Ruud, this will be his 16th career final and the first of the current season. The Norwegian tennis player will rise to fourth place in the Professional Tennis Players Association (ATP) ranking thanks to his successful performance in Estoril, surpassing Russian Daniil Medvedev.
On April 2, Daniil Medvedev won the Masters tournament in Miami for the first time in his career. This allowed him to move up to fourth place in the rankings. It is worth noting that the Russian player has already won four trophies this season.
Currently, Medvedev is in fourth place (5150 points). Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is the leader with 7160 points. In second place is Spanish Carlos Alquiaras. He defeated Medvedev in straight sets in the final of the tournament held in Indian Wells (USA). The top three are closed by Stefanos Tsitsipas (5770 points) from Greece.
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