ATP Finals 2024 Day Two Recap

Day two on the 2024 Nitto ATP finals kicked off with a shock as Casper Ruud ended his dropping streak by defeating Carlos Alcaraz 6-1 7-5 within the afternoon session in Turin.

Ruud has solely received one among his final seven tour matches and did not advance previous the primary spherical in his earlier three indoor tournaments, but he made brief work of the Spaniard, coming by in 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Within the night session, Alexander Zverev carried on from the place he left off in Paris, serving closely to return by his match towards Andrey Rublev 6-4 6-4.

Nitto ATP Finals 2024 Day 2 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Casper Ruud (6)
Carlos Alcaraz (3)
6-1 7-5

Alexander Zverev (2)
Andrey Rublev (8)
6-4 6-4

Ruud Surprises Alcaraz

Given his latest type, few folks had anticipated Casper Ruud to be able to delivering a lot in Turin. However he kicked issues off with a formidable efficiency on Monday, defeating third seed Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 7-5.

Ruud, who’s barely received a match in latest weeks, took full benefit of an error-strewn Alcaraz show, who we’re informed has been scuffling with a chilly.

The Spaniard hasn’t seemed very comfy with indoor tennis this season. From 1-1, he misplaced 5 consecutive video games, made 15 unforced errors within the set, and struggled to search out the fitting photographs.

Within the second, Alcaraz raised his sport barely with extra depth and began hitting his groundstrokes with extra on them.

Ruud’s degree additionally dropped, permitting the third seed to forge a 5-2 lead. Nevertheless, his inconsistency quickly reared its head again up, and the Norwegian reeled off one other 5 video games in a row to seize his fiftieth tour win of the 12 months.

This was in all probability one of many worst matches I’ve seen Alcaraz play. It was a type of head-scratching matches the place he didn’t get it going. He had low-percentage photographs, no really feel, and his first serve was fairly wild. I’d have preferred to see him attempt to grind it out, however he as a substitute went for the laser beam line-finding sort photographs, and it was a type of days the place it didn’t work.

It’s just one match, but it surely’s positively top-of-the-line wins of the season for me. When it comes to who I’m taking part in, his degree, his rating and all these items. I really feel very blissful in fact. I feel we are going to see Carlos play higher tennis than he did immediately, however I took care of my possibilities. I’ve not been [full of] confidence prior to now weeks or months, so it was an amazing win for me and hopefully I can construct on it, and I wish to get some extra wins whereas I’m in Turin. It may be a bit difficult. I knew he was coping with a little bit of a chilly. I noticed him sniffling within the again space and with a tissue for his nostril, in order that’s an indication that perhaps bodily he received’t be essentially at 100 per cent. After all, that’s unhappy, and never good for him, however on the similar time it’s a part of the sport. I knew it coming in. I attempted to make him play rallies and do my greatest, but it surely’s not simple as a result of if you form of know that somebody shouldn’t be 100 per cent, perhaps you get pressured your self. You assume, ‘It is a actually huge likelihood for me to perhaps attempt to win’. So I simply tried to remain in my world, the second, and fortuitously I bought an excellent begin. I bought a break early and saved it, and within the second set I used to be capable of flip it round with some good tennis on the finish. Ruud on his win.

Match Stats

Carlos Alcaraz
Casper Ruud

Aces
4
5

Double Faults
2
0

1st Serve Proportion
66%
68%

1st Serve Factors Received
59% (17/29)
69% (35/51)

2nd Serve Factors Received
53% (8/15)
58% (14/24)

Break Factors Saved
0% (0/4)
83% (5/6)

1st Return Factors Received
33% (17/51)
41% (12/29)

2nd Return Factors Received
42% (10/24)
47% (7/15)

Break Factors Transformed
17% (1/6)
100% (4/4)

Winners
25
15

Unforced Errors
34
16

Web Factors Received
65% (15/23)
80% (12/15)

Service Factors Received
57% (25/44)
65% (48/74)

Return Factors Received
35% (26/74)
43% (19/44)

Complete Factors Received
43% (51/118)
57% (67/118)

Service Video games Received
56% (5/9)
90% (9/10)

Return Video games Received
10% (1/10)
44% (4/9)

Complete Video games Received
32% (6/19)
68% (13/19)

Highlights

Zverev Too Robust For Rublev

Sascha Zverev is the person to beat at this 12 months’s ATP Finals. He is available in serving nice weapons and received the Masters 1000 in Paris final week in high quality model.

Then again, his opponent hasn’t accomplished a lot since dropping within the Canadian Open closing again in August, and Zverev proved too stable for him, profitable 6-4 6-4 in 1 hour and 13 minutes.

Regardless of that, I believed Rublev performed okay in components, however Zverev’s stable baseline play was ever current to take benefit when the Russian’s rapier-like hitting leaked just a few errors in sport seven of set 1 and sport 9 of set 9.

This season, Zverev’s serve has gone to an entire new degree due to a few refinements, and he recorded extra spectacular numbers towards Rublev, profitable 81% behind his first serve and 80% behind his second,

The German didn’t need to face a break level and transformed each of his to bag his 67th win of the season.

I believed it was a really stable match from my finish. In opposition to anybody right here, you must play your greatest to have an opportunity, you must be stable [and] mentally robust. I really feel like I did that immediately, I felt like I used my possibilities fairly nicely and I’m clearly proud of this win Zverev on his win.