Zverev: “Ruud knows exactly what it means”

Alexander Zverev (No. 27 in the ATP ranking) will face Casper Ruud (4th) in the Roland Garros semifinals. Throbbing what will be his duel against the Norwegian, the German said: “He’s been in this instance before, he knows exactly what it means and what it entails”.

For the Teuton it will not be just any match. Beyond the fact that he is just one win away from advancing to his first French Grand Slam final, he is also It means his return to the semifinals of the contest after the abandonment due to injury that he had in the 2022 edition.

Neither more nor less than before Rafael Nadal, Zverev was playing a great game. In fact, there were more than three hours of play and only one set had been completed (in favor of the Spanish). Just before the tiebreak of the second set began, the teuton twisted his ankle in an unfortunate play and had to withdraw from the party. In addition, the injury forced him to stay away from the courts for the rest of the season.

When asked about his next rival, Ruud stressed that “it’s great to see Sascha back”. Furthermore, he continued: “It hasn’t been an easy year for Alexander, nor for me. I think we’re both going to try to enjoy the moment and give everything to hopefully play a great game.”.

For now, the record between the two shows that Zverev won two of the three games they played. Nevertheless, The last time they met it was the Norwegian who won the 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3 victory at the Masters 1000 in Miami.

Para Ruud a victory would mean being able to defend the points of the final reached last seasonwhile for the Teutonic It would be his first final at Roland Garros after the frustrated semifinals of 2021 and 2022.

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