Ruud avenged Cerúndolo: he beat Rune

History repeated itself, and also in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, an instance in which the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4th) defeated the Dane Holger Rune (86th), whom he eliminated 6-1, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the Grand Slam on brick dust for the second consecutive year.

In the next instance, the Scandinavian will face the German Alexander Zverev (22nd), who will chain a third consecutive semifinal after defeating Tomás Etcheverry (49th). It will be the first duel between the two in Major, also the first on clay, the favorite surface of the Norwegian, who in the last face-to-face with the German achieved his only victory in four duels.

The other semifinal, also on Friday, will face the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (1st) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (3rd), who is seeking his third crown at Roland Garros and his twenty-third major.

Rune had just eliminated Francisco Cerúndolo (23rd), from whom he took a complicated match that was defined in the super tie-break of the fifth set and included a controversial play, with a double pike that the Dane did not admit nor did the referee see more beyond the complaints of the Argentine.

The fourth racket in the world managed to unseat one of the most current tennis players during the clay court tour, who entered the center court Philippe Chatrier visibly nervous and off-centerso he hardly resisted the Norwegian’s consistent and solid tennis.

The first two sets were a process for Ruud and a pain for Rune, who kept gesticulating and showing his annoyance. Thirty unforced errors served those two chapters on a platter for the Norwegianwho had just lost to his rival this Wednesday in Rome, the only loss in a duel of already six games.

Despite the fact that the defeat fell from ripe, Rune managed to untie and let go to, lost for lost, begin to put in and cheer up. This is how it reached 3-0, a sufficient gap to keep the third and open the illusions. However, it was enough for Ruud to break for 3-1 in the fourth and hold his next three turns to serve to close the quarterfinals with victory in 2h44m.