Third seed Casper Ruud of Norway will meet Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands in the third round of the 2023 ATP Miami Masters on Sunday, March 26. Get the live streaming options of this Casper Ruud v Botic van de Zandschulp match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Casper Ruud v Botic van de Zandschulp Head to Head
Van de Zandschulp leads 2-1. His first win came at the US Open in 2021 and then in Munich last year. Ruud won in Rome last year.
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Off-Color Ruud Makes a Good Start in Miami
Last year’s finalist, Casper Ruud is off-color this season, but the world no. 4 will be relieved to have started his Miami Open campaign in style, beating Ilya Ivashka in just an hour and 25 minutes.
The Norwegian won 81% points on the back of his first serve, saved 2 of 3 break points and converted half of the eight breaking chances that he created during the contest to beat the Belarusian 6-2, 6-3.
Barring Auckland, where he lost his opening match, Ruud has won all his opening matches this year, but he has not won consecutive matches. So there will be a bit of pressure on him to win two in a row in Miami.
He had made it to the title clash last year, only to fall to Carlos Alcaraz in the final. In addition to his only ATP 1000 final, Ruud also finished runners-up at the French and the U.S. Opens during a highly successful 53-24 run in 2022.
In stark contrast, Ruud has just not got going in 2023. He is playing his sixth tournament of the year and improved to 5-5 following Friday’s victory. Can he build on the win in Miami?
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Van de Zandschulp Rallies Past Popyrin
The Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp showed fight as he rallied from a set down to beat Australian Alexei Popyrin in three sets on Friday.
After losing the first set, the Dutchman held his nerves to clinch the second set tiebreak and then dominated the proceedings in the deciding set to script a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 victory in two hours and 44 minutes.
Van de Zandschulp withstood 13 aces from the Aussie and saved six of seven break points. He also had five chances to break Popyrin’s serve and he capitalised on two of those.
The win improved the world no. 32’s season record to 8-6. He was a semifinalist in Pune and a quarterfinalist in Dubai earlier this year.
This is the second time that he is playingin Miami. Last year, he lost in the opening round.
Ruud v Van de Zandschulp Prediction and Tip
A struggling Ruud has not won consecutive matches in 2023, but he is an excellent player and it is only a matter of time when he starts making deep runs again. The first win in Miami was a comfortable one and he will be hoping to build on that. Van de Zandschulp is in decent touch as well. So expect this match to be a close one with Ruud edging past the Dutchman.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Ruud to win: 1/2 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 22.5 games in the match: 5/6 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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