World number five Casper Ruud will be up against the 67th-ranked Zhizhen Zhang in the second round of the 2023 US Open on Wednesday, August 30. Get the predictions and odds of this Casper Ruud v Zhizhen Zhang match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Casper Ruud v Zhizhen Zhang Head to Head
There has been one previous meeting between these two with Ruud winning it in four sets at the French Open this year.
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Ruud Scrapes Past Nava
Given Ruud’s form this season, it was never going to be an easy journey for him to make it to the final of the US Open again like he had done last year. And those difficulties were on display in his very first round match against Emilio Nava who pushed him to four sets and made him work for three hours and 20 minutes to win this.
Ruud clinched it 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to make it through to the second round and set up this French Open re-meeting with Zhang.
What was fascinating to watch was that both players were broken three times in the encounter – it was Ruud’s ability to play well under the pressure of a tie-breaker that helped him come through in the match.
He endured a whopping 72 winners from Nava’s racquet and more surprisingly, himself hit just 27 of them. That’s a count he will need to improve upon as he goes through the competition.
Ruud starts off a heavy, 1/4 (with bet365) favourite here much like he did in his opener.
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Zhang Shocks Wolf
Starting out a rank outsider at 2/1 (with bet365) to go past the highly-rated JJ Wolf, Zhang was able to resist his opponent’s comeback to carve out a five-set win in his opener.
In a match that went on for four and a half hours, Zhang grabbed a two-set lead before conceding the next two sets to take it to the decider.
Zhang then saved three break-points in the first game of the final set, broke Wolf in the very next game and while he missed three more chances to get the better of his opponent’s serve after that, the Chinese player managed to hold on to his own for the rest of the match.
A whopping 45 break-points were on offer in the encounter and serves were broken 16 times in all.
Zhang will hope he can serve a lot better than that when he takes on Ruud as he starts off a 33/10 (with bet365) underdog here.
Ruud v Zhang Prediction and Tip
Ruud will hold the upper hand here and while he hasn’t been in the best of form, we will have to go with his win here although it could take him four or five sets again.
Tips:
- Moderate Risk Tip: Ruud to win AND Both players to win a set: 6/5 (with bet365)
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