A lot of Ruud for Ramos – AS.com

Casper Ruud took it upon himself to nip the aspirations and dreams of Albert Ramos in the bud. The Norwegian showed in the second semifinal of the ATP 250 in Gstaad his best level so far in the tournament, the one that made him reach the final of an entire Roland Garros. Ruud was too much for a Ramos (6-2 and 6-0) who, from the first part of the match, did not look physically fresh. Yesterday, the Catalan needed three hours to beat the Chilean Jarry in a match that ended after nine at night.

Physical discomfort prevented Ramos from starting the match strongly. Ruud, who defends the title he won last year in this Swiss tournament, played very intelligent tennis, continually setting traps for his rival, taking advantage of the fact that he was not fine. Albert’s forehand did not appear at any point in the match, and the left-hander could do little to the rest (he did not have any chance of breaking). Nor did he become strong on serve (42% of points won with his service), and Ruud ended up playing at will. He took the first set comfortably and the Catalan lowered his arms in the second, finding himself unable to harm the Norwegian’s game, which he closed the game with a donut in just 63 minutes. There are already 24 wins for Oslo in this 2022 on clay, which aspires to win its third tournament this year.

With today’s There are already three consecutive victories for Ruud over Ramos, after the Catalan won the first four clashes between the two. The 34-year-old left-hander says goodbye to the Gstaad tournament, which he won in 2019, and his dream of lifting the second championship of the year (he won in Córdoba) is cut short. Ruud’s victory also puts pressure on Carlos Alcaraz, and if the Murcian loses today in Hamburg, the Norwegian will be the one who occupies the fifth place in the ATP ranking next week.

Berrettini cuts Thiem’s ​​wings

Ruud’s rival in tomorrow’s final the Italian Matteo Berrettini will be there, who in Gstaad returned after having to leave Wimbledon after testing positive for COVID. To access the title match he had to beat another player who, like Ramos, dreamed of doing great things in this Swiss event. For the first time for more than a year, Dominic Thiem played a semi-finaland it’s been two weeks in a row in which the Austrian leaves sensations of improvement after the ordeal he has had to go through due to problems with his wrist.

However, today Berrettini broke that dream of Thiem, who continues to progressively increase his level. The Italian won convincingly 6-1 6-4 in just under an hour and a half, and has yet to lose in his career in Gstaad (He also played in 2018, the year he won the tournament). There are already 12 consecutive wins for Berrettini, who in this streak has won the Stuttgart and Queen’s tournaments, and tomorrow against Ruud (with whom he has a 2-2 record) he aspires to add his third title of the year.