Tag: Casper Ruud
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Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud advance to French semi
Alexander Zverev of Germany and fourth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway punched their tickets to the semifinals of the French Open on Wednesday with matching four-set victories. Ruud threw out Scandinavian Holger Rune from Denmark 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Zverev, the No. 22 seed, needed three hours and 22 minutes to get past Tomas Martin Etcheverry…
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No. 2 Daniil Medvedev banned from French Open by qualifying
Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, the 172nd-ranked player in the world, pulled off a stunning upset of world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday in Paris. Seyboth Wild rallied from a set down to oust Medvedev in four hours and 15 minutes — 7-5 (5), 6-8 (6), 2-6,…
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Daniil Medvedev was kicked out of the French Open in qualifying
Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, the 172nd-ranked player in the world, pulled off a stunning upset of world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday in Paris. Seyboth Wild rallied from a set down to oust Medvedev in four hours and 15 minutes — 7-5 (5), 6-8 (6), 2-6,…
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Holger Rune overthrows Novak Djokovic in rainy Rome
Denmark’s Holger Rune ousted No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in rainy Rome on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. The 20-year-old Dane, seeded seventh, completed the six-time tournament champion’s run in two hours and 19 minutes. Djokovic clinched the second set after a nearly hour-long rain…
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Yearender: Top 10 World Sports News Events 2022
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Here is Xinhua News Agency’s selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2022, in chronological order: – Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February and the Paralympic Winter Games from 4 to 13 March. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the…
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ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic wins record 6th title, defeats Ruud in final
Turin [Italy]November 21 (ANI): Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic won a record sixth ATP Finals singles title, beating Norway’s Casper Ruud in the summit clash. Djokovic defeated his opponent 7-5, 6-3 and walked away with a historic $4.7 million payday. He has now equaled the record of Swiss legend Roger Federer, who has six ATP…
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Casper Ruud meets Novak Djokovic for the ATP final
Novak Djokovic and Casper Ruud of Norway were victorious on Saturday to advance to the title match of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy. Ruud defeated Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4 in 68 minutes while Djokovic took down Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6) in one hour and 54 minutes. Djokovic is fighting for his…
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Francisco Cerundolo amazes Casper Ruud at the Nordea Open
Bastad [Sweden]July 14 (ANI): Francisco Cerundolo kept his own nerves and a strong comeback from Casper Ruud to cause a second round upset and achieve his first top 10 win at the Nordea Open in Båstad on Wednesday. Cerundolo broke French Open finalist Ruud’s serve three times to win 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at the ATP…
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Cameron Norrie through, Andy Murray out at Wimbledon
Britain won one and lost one in singles action for men in the second round on Wednesday at Wimbledon. Ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie put together a furious rally to advance to the third round while all-time favorite Andy Murray was thrown out by the great John Isner. Norrie gathered from the ace down to defeat Spain’s…
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Midnight misery in Paris as Holger Rune’s adventure race at the French Open ends
Holger Rune would probably have chosen another opponent for his first grand slam quarterfinal if he could. The Norwegian world number eight Casper Ruud, who defeated Roland Garros 6-1, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 last night to advance to the final four of the French Open, is practically his cousin. As Scandinavians, Ruud, probably more than anyone…
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It’s smash! Danish teenager continues spectacular run
A Runestone cowboyThe Greek fourth seed threatened a comeback after being down 5-2 in the fourth set, returning to 5-4 and having three breakpoints to equalize the set. But Rune held his nerves and served the historic result – and he did so at Court Philippe-Chatrier, the honored center court of Roland Garros, Court Philippe-Chatrier.…
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Sports Round-Up: Awarding World Cup games bad news for the many who do not subscribe to TV2
Similarly for women’s EuroTV2 has the rights to Denmark’s next match (France) on 25 November at 17.00, before DR takes over the third match on 30 November at 16.00 against either Peru, Australia or the UAE. Should Denmark get out of the group, the two TV stations will change each round, with TV2 starting with…
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Sport Round-Up: National team coach worried about increasing foreign ownership of Danish clubs
The Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand is worried about the effect that foreign ownership can have on the Danish Superliga. Recently, he told Forbes that he does not like the idea of more club ownership and players being constantly switched around. Should not be a toy “If it’s based on the right values, understanding of Danish…
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Norwegian Ruud on his way to the top of world tennis
Norway is about to produce a world-class player. Yes, that’s actually true. His name is Casper Ruud and he is now in his third semifinal in a big tournament during the spring gravel season. On his way to the semi-finals of Madrid’s big ATP tournament, he has beaten world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas. Late on…
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Sport Round-Up: Denmark achieves top-15 coefficient mark
The Chelsea routeDenmark needs every point it can get next season as it loses 8,500 points gained from the very successful 16/17 season. But another good news is that if Chelsea do not win the Champions League this season, the Danish champions will be guaranteed a place in the Europa League group stage if they…