Alert — Ruud reaches Madrid Masters final
Casper Ruud defeated Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-5 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Jack Draper and Lorenzo Musetti for the title
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Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 14 seed, moved into the final of the Madrid Masters by defeating Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at the Caja Mágica on Friday.
Ruud, ranked No 15, will face the winner of the match between No 5 seed Jack Draper and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 10 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 6-4), American Sebastian Korda, the No 23 seed (6-3, 6-3), American Taylor Fritz, the No 3 seed (7-5, 6-4) and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 9 seed (6-3, 7-5).
Cerundolo, ranked No 21, won against French qualifier Harold Mayot (6-3, 6-4), Francisco Comesana (6-4, 6-4), German Alexander Zverev, the top seed (7-5, 6-3) and No 22 seed Jakub Mensik (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2) earlier in the tournament.
Madrid Masters 1000, other semi-final result (Caja Mágica, clay, EUR 8.055.385):
- Jack Draper vs. Lorenzo Musetti
