Casper Ruud beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals of the ATP tournament in San Diego. Thus, the Norwegian tennis star is ready for the final against Cameron Norrie.
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It was an extremely exciting and even semifinal, where Ruud finally won with the set numbers 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. The match was played on Saturday local time.
Casper Ruud is ranked number ten ATP rankings which was updated on September 27, while the Bulgarian is number 29.
– I just tried to continue to fight and stay in the match, because there were many breaks back and forth, especially in the third set, he said during the interview in front of the audience after the match.
The match was shown on VG + Sport
28 in the world
– I also got a break in other sets, so I knew it was possible. In the end, it was very even, as many matches are, and I am very happy that I managed it today.
In the final, Cameron Norrie from Great Britain is waiting, ranked number 28 in the world.
The British surprised a lot by beating the first-seeded Russian Andrej Rublev, ranked number five in the world, in his semifinal. Rublev took the first set 6-3, but Norrie fought back and took the next two with 6-3 and 6-4 respectively.
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