“Carlos lost to Casper in two sets, although he won 5:2 in the second game!”, — write: sport.ua
In the 1st round of the John Newcombe Group, the Spaniard lost in two sets Casper Ruud (Norway, ATP 7).
ATP final tournament 2024. November 11
John Newcombe Group. 1st round
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) – Casper Ruud (Norway) – 1:6, 5:7
In the second game, the Spaniard won 5:2 with a break, but Ruud took 5 games in a row and closed the match.
This was the fifth personal meeting of the rivals. Kasper won the face-to-face confrontation for the first time.
Alcaraz and Ruud play together with Andrei Rublev and Alexander Zverev in the same quartet. The neutral team and the representative of Germany will also play a face-to-face match today, in the evening (approximately at 21:30 Kyiv time).
