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Perseverance has made its fruits for Casper Ruud on Sunday at Mutua Madrid Open.
The Norwegian has kept calm to win his title from Maiden Atp Masters 1000 with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 championships against Jack Draper in the Spanish capital. Ruud, who had not won a set in his two previous Masters 1000 finals, went on tiptoe with Draper and his great costume jewelery game before finally shaking the British to claim the greatest title of his career.
“It’s fantastic, of course. A lot of time has passed,” said Ruud. “[This was] One of the really great goals that I dreamed of when I was young, so it is an incredible feeling to make it. Even the way I did it today was a great game. I knew that Jack had played incredible all year round, and especially in this tournament, so I knew that if I hadn’t brought my A-Plus game, I would be screamed on the pitch.
“Fortunately, I played really well. Jack became such an incredible player on any surface now. He won the title on each surface except [clay]And he has already made finals here in Madrid. So it’s an incredible year that he is having. This is really a great impulse for me, and I would like to continue. “
With his triumph of two hours and 29 minutes, Ruud became the first Norwegian to claim a crown of Masters 1000. Three times finalist of the Grand Slam and ex n. 2 In the PIF ATP rankings, the 26 -year -old is now a sample 13 times in the ATP tour. In Madrid, he recorded three main victories in the same event only for the second time in his career: he knocked down the world n. 4 Taylor Fritz, n. 10 Daniil Medvedev and n. 6 draper on a course towards the title.
After an inconsistent start in 2025 according to its high standards, Ruud came out of the first 10 just two weeks ago. Improving to 21-6 for the season with its title of Madrid, however, on Monday it will rise to eight points at n. 7 In the PIF ATP rankings. A former second classified by Nitto ATP Finals, the Norwegian also passed 19 commercials in fifth place in the live ATP PIF race in Turin following his race to the title of Madrid.
“I owe a lot of my success to all my closest ones,” said Ruud, who has more victories at the tour level (125) and titles (12) on clay compared to any other player since the beginning of 2020. “My family, my friends, my girlfriend Maria. It has been committed to getting maintenance. It is really happy, and it is fantastic, I was surrounded by so many fantastic people.
Despite the defeat, Draper can reflect on another innovative week in his 2025 season. The 23-year-old will leave Madrid with a record of 19-5 for the season, and on Monday he will go up to a place for a career number 5 in the PIF ATP rankings. The British is second in the Live Atp Pif race for Turin while chasing a debut in ATP Nitto finals.
“Congratulations Casper, you deserve it,” Draper said to Ruud at the trophy ceremony. “The way you played today, you were more courageous than me in the key moments. You deserve it. Obviously you did so hard work and you have constantly excellent years on tour. I just want to congratulate you and the rest of your team for all hard work.
“This loss hurts, but I also want to thank my team … this sport is brutal, but I think this loss will make me better, so I will continue to try.”
In competition in his LEXUS ATP Head2head Clash river with the draper in shape, which he himself claimed a crown of Masters 1000 on March in Indian Wells, Ruud has showed some initial nerves producing double consecutive defects to deliver his opponent a break in the third game. The British maintained the upper hand for most of the first exchanges and launched a series of winners of raspettile from his extinction wing, but he could not maintain his momentum.
Draper delivered a 5-3 sloppy service game to deliver the break and, with the Norwegian who started finding his range with his right, he was unable to stop the slide. Ruud launched four consecutive games to conquer an opening set in which he won 91 % (20/2) points behind his first service, according to the statistics of Infosys ATP.
Despite that disappointment, Draper continued to show the type of shot that helped him earn his place in his girl at the tour level on Clay. In the second set, the British intensified his aggression during the gatherings and gained his series of four games, from 2-3, to level the match with style inside the magic Caja.
In the decision maker, both players resisted pressure in advance. Draper crossed a third game of the marathon, during which he saved three pause points, before Ruud saved two pause points in the next game. In the end, at 2-2, Ruud definitely passed the return, while he wore Draper with his consistency from the basic line. He dropped only three other points in service to complete his triumph.
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