Nordea Open: Ruud into fourth semi-final of 2023, beats Ofner in straight sets

Norwegian Casper Ruud, the top seed, reached the last four of the Nordea Open by defeating Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4 at the Båstads tennisstadion in Bastad on Friday.

Ruud now has a 19-6 record on clay this year.

“It was another tricky day in the wind here in Bastad,” Ruud said afterwards. “I am very happy to be through in two sets and of course when it is windy, it is tough to feel that you are playing great all the time. But it was good enough, steady enough.”

Top seed marches on! 💥@CasperRuud98 reaches his 4th semi-final of the season, defeating Ofner 6-3 6-4 in Bastad.@NordeaOpen pic.twitter.com/l9tzubu1w9

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 21, 2023

Ruud, ranked No 4, will face Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Norwegian won against Russian Alexander Shevchenko (6-2, 6-4).

Ofner, ranked No 58, edged out Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 6 seed (4-6, 6-1, 7-5) and Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Bastad tournament.

Bastad ATP250, other quarter-finals results (Båstads tennisstadion, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Federico Coria vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Alexander Zverev vs. Andrey Rublev
• Lorenzo Musetti beat Filip Misolic (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 6-2