Jannik Sinner, here is next opponent: Casper Ruud in semifinals at ATP Finals

The name of the opponent for the semifinal è official.

Jannik Sinner will face Casper Ruud in the semifinals of the 2024 ATP Finals being held in Turin. The Norwegian would only need to win one set to advance to the round, but in the match against Andrey Rublev è he went even further by winning the match two sets to one: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 the final score, accrued after an hour and 45 minutes of play.

Ruud, No. 7 on the ATP circuit, è managed to build the first lead over Rublev in the seventh game of a fast and balanced first set: crucial was his break obtained after conceding only one point to his opponent. There were no more jolts until even 5-5 in the next set, obtained precisely by the Norwegian canceling two break points (and set points) to the Russian. The latter però repeated the operation two games later and brought the score back to even.

The third set then proves decisive, which forò is resolved in less than half an hour. Ruud snatched service from his opponent already in the third game and nailed him with another break that made it 5-2. Rublev’s comeback did not take place, and at the end of the next game the match was closed even though Sinner already knew the identity of his next opponent.

It was precisely the South Tyrolean star è who had just returned from a decidedly sharper victory against another Russian: the 6-3, 6-4 win, achieved in one hour and fifteen minutes of play against Daniil Medvedev on the third and final day of his ATP Finals round. The one that allowed him to finish him in first position ahead of Taylor Fritz.