The sixth racket of the world, Norwegian Casper Ruud, beat the 30th racket of the world, Thomas Etcheverry from Argentina, in the semi-finals of the ATP-500 clay tournament in Barcelona (Spain) with a score of 7:6 (8:6), 6:4.
The match lasted 1 hour 57 minutes. The Norwegian completed one serve through and made one double fault. Ruud also has three converted break points out of seven. Etcheverry completed three aces and made two double faults. He converted two of the four break points he earned
This was the second meeting between the tennis players on the court. The previous time, at the tournament in Beijing, Ruud also turned out to be stronger than his Argentine opponent.
Ruud will now face the winner of the match between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dusan Lajovic in the final. It will take place on April 20, starting at 17:00 Moscow time.