World number four Casper Ruud will face the seventh-ranked Holger Rune in the semifinal of the 2023 ATP Rome Open on Friday, May 19. Get the predictions and odds of this Casper Ruud v Holger Rune match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Casper Ruud v Holger Rune Head to Head
Four previous meetings, all of which came on clay have resulted in Ruud winning every single time. This includes a 2022 French Open quarterfinal encounter as well.
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Form hasn’t quite been with Ruud this season and that includes his performances on clay before this tournament. Which is why, a semifinal appearance in Rome will be a huge boost to his morale in the lead-up to the French Open where Ruud was a finalist last season.
Ruud, who had earlier won a title in Estoril, followed it up with a 2-3 record in Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid, leaving a plethora of question-marks about his chances in Roland-Garros.
And while Ruud hasn’t played a top 10 player in this tournament before this Rune match-up, a string of results like these looked like it was much needed for the Norwegian player.
In his last outing, Ruud send Francisco Cerundolo packing, winning 7-6 (5), 6-4 in just over two hours to seal his place in the last four.
He had earlier overcome Arthur Rinderknech, Alexander Bublik and Laslo Djere in the first three rounds of the tournament. He now faces his sternest test in the form of Rune – in fact it will be his first top-10 opponent of the season.
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Rune Sends Injured Djokovic Out
While the world number one Novak Djokovic hasn’t been at his best fitness, most times that has been enough to get the better of his opponents. Not this time, not against Rune.
Rune, who had already beaten Djokovic at the Paris Masters last season, overcame the Serb in the quarterfinal here as well winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in two hours and 17 minutes.
The Danish number one had gone into the encounter at the long odds of 12/5 to stun Djokovic but was quick off the blocks as he broke his opponent in the very first game. Four games later, another break of serve followed as Rune quickly wrapped up the opening set.
In the second, Djokovic had a chance to serve it out at 5-3 but lost his serve only for Rune to drop his own serve in the very next game. Unfortunately for Djokovic, that was about the fight he could offer as he lost his serve twice in a row at the start of the third set and Rune was able to seal the win soon after.
After this kind of a performance Rune will start a favourite against Ruud as well.
Ruud v Rune Prediction and Tip
Ruud might have defeated his opponent four times in a row in the past but we think Rune should be able to pull one back here. Might even finish it off in two sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Rune to win: 8/15
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 22.5 games in the match: 5/6
The 2023 ATP Rome Open will be played from May 9 to 21. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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