French Open 2023: Last year’s runner-up and fourth seed, Casper Ruud, has advanced to his second straight quarterfinal at Roland Garros. Ruud ended the resilience of Chile’s Nicolas Jarry in a three-set contest, which he won 7-5(3), 7-5, 7-5 on Monday. The Norwegian quashed claycourt specialist Jarry’s staunch resistance even though the Chilean led Casper in the second and third sets but failed to convert. Ruud will either face sixth seed and Rome Masters winner Holger Rune in a rematch of last year’s quarterfinal or Argentinian hard-hitter Francisco Cerundolo.
Ruud wasted a break advantage and was pushed into a tiebreak, which he won comfortably.
Possibly lulled into a false sense of safety, Ruud fell a 4-1 behind in the second set but he rallied back and won six of the remaining seven games to edge closer to victory.
The lanky Chilean, taking part in his first last-16 singles match at a Grand Slam, did not give up and again took the first break in the third set.
With his big shots, Jarry was always in the contest and if the match had been played on a smaller court, the outcome might have been different as no player would have wanted to be Ruud against such a huge first serve.
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Ruud after winning his round 4 match at French Open 2023
“If we had gone five sets I don’t know how long we would have played,” said Ruud on court Philippe Chatrier.
“I have to thank my team for pushing me in practice. I did the work and physically I was ready for more.”
“It is probably the biggest clay court in the world, so it made the returns easier and safer,” said Ruud.
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