Alcaraz – Ruud, live today | Paris Masters 1000: live tennis semi-finals
Alcaraz Advantage, first break option.
Deuce. Alcaraz taking the temperature of Ruud’s serve, who already has three aces on this fast surface in Paris, not so much the balls.
AND third ace de Ruud, 30-15.
15-15 Ruud scores his second ace.
Carlos Alcaraz – Casper Ruud 1-1
Game at 30 for Alcaraz, who had one of his best nights overcoming Fritz. Two match balls saved, with 3-5 and 4-5. A spectacular reaction that also helped Rafa Jódar make his debut at the ATP Finals in Turin, which begin on Sunday the 15th. On Thursday the 12th, the group draw, with a 50/50 chance that the two Spaniards will meet.
Carlos Alcaraz – Casper Ruud 0-1
I play at 15 for Casper Ruud, who has not lost a set yet this week in Paris. An ace and a double fault followed by the Scandinavian.
40-15 Ruud, who went to sleep very late, as well as Alcaraz, who finished the recovery work at 3 in the morning, as his physio Juanjo Moreno taught.
Carlos Alcaraz – Casper Ruud 0-0
Carlos Alcaraz, 23 years old and number 3, measuring himself at Casper Ruud27 years old and No. 23, below the top-10 that he occupied for so long due to injuries. Look for a second final this year, after the loss in Rome.
On the benches, Spanish duel, the Alicante Samu Lopez against the Mallorcan Pedro Clar, who has been on Casper Ruud’s team for some time, since he arrived at the Rafa Nadal academy.
Ben Shelton, first runner-up
Wait for the final tomorrow Sunday, scheduled at 3 in the afternoon. If Carlos Alcaraz wins against Casper Ruud, it will be revenge for the spectacular quarterfinals of the US Open won by the one who will be Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil in 2026, in a team that will continue to be led by Bryan Shelton, the father of the one from Atlanta.
Win the Casper Ruud giveaway
The Norwegian finished his semifinals with Nuno Borges at dawn, around one o’clock. In the second round he eliminated Rafa Jodar, a defeat that Carlos Alcaraz fixed, qualifying the Madrid native for the ATP Finals by overcoming Taylor Fritz.
Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud, facing their eighth duel
Alcaraz’s 6-1 dominance, which in the 2022 final won him the US Open and world No. 1, in his most momentous match, the beginning of Carlos’s great story.
The chair umpire, already on the court
The swedish Louise Azemar Engzell will direct the meeting, which is held at the Plenitude Arena headquarters, which is celebrating its second edition as the venue for an event that was previously held in Bercy, whose facilities became obsolete due to size and services.
Alcaraz, fit after injury
Quarterfinals at the US Open, title in Tokyo, slip in Shanghai against Zizou Bergsback to success in Vienna, last week, and again in the privilege rounds, for the first time indoors in Paris.
This year, the trophies in Australia, Doha, Tokyo and Vienna, defeat in the Monte Carlo final. He is going for his 38th final, he is in the fight for a 29th crown.
In a few minutes, the break between the first and second semi-finals. The limit of not before 5 in the afternoon has already been exceeded.
Ben Shelton, first runner-up
The American Ben Shelton has eliminated the French Luca Van Assche5-7, 6-3 and 6-4, qualifying for the final in Paris, this Sunday at 3 pm. Comeback from the North American, who lost 1-3 in the third set.
Shelton had his father Bryan in the box, who will have as a new technical collaborator on his team Juan Carlos Ferrero next season.
It is Shelton’s eleventh final, his sixth of the year. He lost the US Open, won those in Dallas, Munich, Stuttgart and Montreal.
Carlos Alcaraz, for his 38th final
Hello, good afternoon. Carlos Alcaraz came back two match balls to Taylor Fritz qualifying for the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris, which he is playing for the first time. In a few minutes, against the Norwegian Casper Ruud.
The Spaniard, 23 years old, is going for his 38th professional final, the sixth of the campaign. Last week they won in Vienna, they have won their last seven games.
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