Norway Casper Ruud will play the final Roland GarrosHe won his first career Grand Slam after defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic in 2 hours 55 minutes 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2.
The tennis player, who is eighth in the ranking at the age of 23, will face the Spanish tennis player. Raphael NadalHe is the fifth in the world to seek his fourteenth crown in Paris after Germany beat the semi-finals due to injury. Alexander Zverev.
It’s a big challenge for the Norwegian, who has never played against Nadal before and has never lost a final in Paris.
Ruud broke all ceilings in this edition of Roland Garros and was placed in the easiest part of the draw and benefited from being eliminated in the round of 16 in Greece. Stefanos Tsitsipas, fourth in the world and a finalist in the last edition that paved the way to the semi-finals.
Against Russian Daniil Medvedev, 20th in the world and number 2 in the standings, Ruud took the time to enter the game and dropped the first set without regaining the initiative.
Norway finally he imposed his mastery on clayHe is one of the highest paid tennis players in recent seasons. Between 2020 and 2022 they have 65, more than any other player, far from the second Tistsipas to have 51.
Ruud often trains at Rafa Nadal’s academy in Mallorca at the recommendation of Toni.
The game was interrupted for several minutes by a spontaneous connecting itself to the network and forced the players into the locker room, did not change the sign.
Wanting to play the only major final he hasn’t made yet, the Croatian player was unable to impose his game and saw how Norway passed him.