Athletistic / Tennis. Serbian Novak Djokovic and Norwegian Kasper Ruud will meet in the last men’s singles match at Roland Garros (a Grand Slam tournament).
SPORT.RU invites you to a direct online text broadcast of this meeting:
Tennis. Roland Garros. The final. Djokovic – Ruud. Direct
On Sunday afternoon June 11, the last match of Roland Garros in men’s singles will be played in Paris. Serbian Novak Djokovic and Norwegian Kasper Ruud will face off in the battle for the title of one of the Grand Slam tournaments. This fight has a lot of interesting nuances. We’ll talk about that in detail in this overview.
Djokovic wins against Ruud in personal meetings with the score 4:0. The tennis players faced each other twice on the floor and the same number of times on the hard court. All of Novak’s victories have been dry and exclusively in straight sets, as the Serbian and the Norwegian will be playing TBS tournaments for the first time. Interestingly, Djokovic and Ruud have met three times in the deciding stages of the tournaments. Thus, at the 2020 and 2022 Rome Masters, Novak beat Kasper in the semi-finals (7:5, 6:3 and 6:4, 6:3 respectively). And in November last year, the Serb was stronger than the Norwegian in the final of the ATP Final Championship – 7: 5, 6: 3.
For the 36-year-old Belgrade native, today’s game will have historic significance. Djokovic could win his 23rd career Slam. And if the Serb celebrates the victory, then he will become the record holder for the number of TSH victories. In total, for Novak, this will be the 34th major league final. Moreover, if he wins, Djokovic will return to the top line of the ATP rankings. Novak started the Paris tournament as the third seed, he is currently the second racket in the world and he can complete Roland Garros in the status of first.
Kasper Ruud will play his third TBS final. So far, the Norwegian hasn’t picked up any major wins. But another fact is interesting: for the second consecutive year, Roland Garros reached the final. In last year’s tournament, Casper lost to Spaniard Rafael Nadal – 3:6, 3:6, 0:6. It should also be noted that Ruud has won 10 singles titles so far, nine of them on clay. However, Kasper doesn’t even have titles in tournaments with the 500 category, let alone Masters or TBS. Well, let’s add that even if he wins, the Norwegian will remain the 4th racket in the world, that is to say in the same status in which Roland Garros started.
If we talk about the tennis players’ journey to the final of the current tournament, Djokovic’s victories look a bit more impressive. Novak edged out two top-10 representatives, including his main competitor in Nadal’s absence, Carlos Alcaraz. True, the Spaniard gave Djokovic the third and fourth sets almost without a fight due to injury. As for Ruud, only Dane Holger Rune was among his former opponents in the top-10 tournament. But this fact says nothing. In the final, there are always chances for both tennis players. Yes, Novak has a bit more – he is the favorite for today’s game. But Kasper will fight, he won’t just give victory to the Serb, and if he can sow doubt in Novak’s head about his own game, then the Norwegian even has a chance.
Tennis. Roland Garros. The final. Djokovic – Ruud. Direct
The online text broadcast of this match will begin on SPORT.RU June 4 at the earliest 15:30 Moscow time
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