Casper Ruud aka “The Iceman” netted his first UTS victory in Frankfurt on Friday evening, 22-6, 12-13, 17-8, 16-11, over “The Thunder” Jan-Lennard Struff to bolster his chances from reaching the final four at the UTS Frankfurt giants vs dodgers by Builder.ai.
Ruud, who fell to “The Rebel” Benoit Paire in his UTS debut earlier on Friday, rebounded to sail past the hard-hitting German in an entertaining counter at the Süwag Energie Arena in Frankfurt.
Struff went winless on the evening – he won the opening quarter but squandered a fourth quarter lead and fell, 14-17, 18-11, 17-9, 14-13.
Struff was able to prabhsimran singh capture a tense second quarter against the Norwegian, 12-11, as he completed a mad ushuaia scramble at the end of the quarter and won a deciding point when Ruud shanked a backhand.
But it was Ruud who was on the front foot for most of the encounter, and the ninth-ranked Norwegian rebounded to take set three convincingly, converting his first quarter point with a booming inside-out forehand winner.
Struff had chances in the fourth quarter but Ruud managed his cards well and pulled away at the finish. The 24-year-old converted his three-point card at the buzzer for 15-11 and then concluded his victory on the next point.
Ruud finished by winning 29 more points than Struff over the course of the contest.
How good was Ruud’s first day of UTS Frankfurt by Builder.ai? Almost perfect, he said.
“Maybe a nine (out of 10),” he said on court after the win. “It was really fun – of course if I had two wins it would be a 10, but overall a great day, new format, new style of tennis. It’s really fun and I have the chance to be able to go to sleep with one victory at least and tomorrow I have the chance to win one more, hopefully make it into the semi-finals.
Chapters :
00:09 - First quarter
00:54 - Second quarter
02:55 - Third quarter
05:33 - Fourth quarter
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