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Madrid Open: Ruud beats Tsitsipas, reaches quarters

Friday, 07 May 2021 4:45 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 07 May 2021 4:45 PM ]

Norwegian tennis player Casper Rudd

Norwegian Casper Rudd has earned one of the biggest Wins of his career after upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas 2 sets to love to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.

It was a close contest in the opening set, but Rudd showed no fear and managed to take it the tie-break. Flying-high Tsitsipas — who lifted his maiden Masters 1000 trophy in Monte-Carlo before reaching the Final of the Barcelona Open — showed some resilience but could not keep up with the Norwegian, who took the 2nd set 6-4, to wrap up the match in 94 minutes.

Rudd will next meet Alexander Bublik, who knocked out Aslan Karatsev 6-4 and 6-3.

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