Argentine clay court veteran Diego Schwartzman plays young Norwegian Casper Ruud in the second round of the 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters on Wednesday, April 14. Get the live streaming options of this Diego Schwartzman v Casper Ruud match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Diego Schwartzman v Casper Ruud Head to Head
Schwartzman has won all four of their meetings thus far, twice on clay and twice on the hard courts.
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The shorter 2020 season was an impressive one for Diego Schwartzman who reached a career ranking of number nine in the world and made his first ever ATP Tour Finals. During the year, the Argentine was a finalist at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome where he defeated Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career, and also a semi-finalist at the French Open, defeating one of the title favorites Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals. He was also a quarter-finalist at the Paris Masters 1000 and a finalist at the Cologne Open.
2021 did not keep up the tempo from 2020 for the Argentine. He split a 1-1 record at the ATP Cup losing to Daniil Medvedev convincingly, but defeating Kei Nishikori in a three set tussle. He looked in good touch making the round of 32 at the Aussie Open, but was blown off in straight sets by the surprise package of the tournament Aslan Karatsev.
Schwartzman returned to his favorite surface, i.e. clay looking to put up a good run of form and rekindle the form from last season. He was in for a surprise loss at the Cordoba Open, but clinched the title at Buenos Aires thereafter.
The Argentine participated in the Mexican Open at Acupulco and at the Miami Masters 1000, but lost to Next Gen talent in both, i.e. Lorenzo Musetti and Sebastian Korda respectively. With the clay season now well and truly underway, Schwartzman will hope for a good run here at Monte Carlo to set the trend for the rest of the season.
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Ruud Looking To Be Contender On Clay
World No. 26 Casper Ruud is a three-time finalist on the tour and the winner of the 2020 Argentina Open with a game well-suited to the clay.
He started his season with an opening round loss at the Melbourne ATP 250, but then went to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open, this was the first time he had reached the Round of 16 at a major. Ruud defeated Jordan Thompson, Tommy Paul and Radu Albot in the first three rounds in Melbourne but withdrew against Andrey Rublev in the Round of 16, while trailing two sets to love.
At the Mexican Open, Ruud won the first two rounds but then withdrew before the start of the quarterfinal against eventual champion Alexander Zverev. He featured at the Andalucia Open last week but fell to rising Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinal.
Ruud is off to a convincing start here in Monte Carlo, with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Danish wonder-kid Holger Rune and will be hoping he can carry his form further here this week.
Schwartzman v Ruud Prediction and Tip
An exciting clash between two clay courters, one a veteran and one earmarked to be one to watch out for in the years to come. While Ruud has everything needed to outsmart the Argentine, expect Schwartzman to feel more at home here than he has all season long thus far and this should assist him eek out a deciding set win.
Tip: Schwartzman to win in three sets: 3/1 (bet365)
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The 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters will be played from April 12 to 18. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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