Rune demonstrated his explosive game against Djokovic, hammering his groundstrokes with precision and power to outlast the Serbian. Rune Joins Exclusive Group With Winning Record Against Djokovic I'm a huge fighter on the court and I leave everything when I play my matches.” I think I am, I hope so and I hope people see me this way. 6 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings if he reaches the final. I have a lot to achieve," said the Dane, who will rise to No. Holding a 12-2 record on the surface this season, he will look to take confidence from his victory against Djokovic as he aims to earn his first win against Ruud. Rune enjoyed a run to the final in Monte-Carlo, before he clinched his fourth tour-level title in Munich. The 20-year-old has reached at least the semi-finals in three of his past six Masters 1000 events, highlighted by his title run in Paris last year.Ī regular on the big stage now, the seventh seed has had a strong clay-court season again. 1 Novak Djokovic to advance to the last four on his debut in Rome. Standing in his way from a second ATP Masters 1000 final (Miami 2022) is Rune, who stunned World No. It's something in the food maybe, I don't know." I know that I've had success in Italy before in my career, here two times semi-finals, Turin last year was amazing for me. "But here we are back in Rome and I feel great. And I think I've really lived through it the last 12 months or so, some of my best moments of my career and some tougher losses in the past couple of months," Ruud said following his quarter-final win. "Tennis is a strange sport, as we all can tell. The 24-year-old has looked back to his best on the clay in Rome, though, where he has earned victories against Arthur Rinderknech, Alexander Bublik, Laslo Djere and Francisco Cerundolo to reach the semi-finals in the Italian capital for the third consecutive time. The fourth seed lifted his 10th trophy in Estoril but struggled at Masters 1000 events, failing to advance beyond the third round in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo or Madrid. Ruud arrived in Rome having had a modest season by his standards. The Norwegian and Dane will meet at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Saturday in the first Masters 1000 all-Scandinavian semi-final since Jonas Bjorkman defeated Thomas Enqvist in Paris in 1997. Is this the week Casper Ruud or Holger Rune win their first clay-court ATP Masters 1000 title?
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