Today, April 21, world number six Casper Ruud from Norway beat Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas (seventh in the ATP ranking) in the match for the title of the ATP-500 clay tournament in Barcelona (Spain) with a score of 7:5, 6:3.
Barcelona. The final
Note that the athletes spent 1 hour and 29 minutes on the court. During this time, Casper Ruud converted three out of six break points, and Stefanos Tsitsipas converted one out of two. The Norwegian also performed two aces and made two double faults. The Greek served three aces and made four double faults.
Let us remind you that this is the first ATP-500 title for Ruud. Before this, the largest category of tournaments in which a Norwegian won titles was ATP-250 (10 titles).
Tsitsipas played 11 times in ATP-500 tournaments, but also failed to win a single title in this category. At the same time, the Greek is a finalist in two Grand Slam tournaments, a three-time winner of the Masters and a winner of the ATP Final Tournament.