Madrid Open 2025 Day 10 Semi Final Recap

On Friday on the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open, Casper Ruud and Jack Draper secured their closing place with hard-fought semi-final victories on the Caja Magica.

Ruud overcame Francisco Cerundolo, whereas Draper defeated Lorenzo Musetti, organising their first Head2Head assembly in Sunday’s championship match.

With each gamers displaying resolve and ability to achieve the ultimate, right here’s an in depth take a look at how Day 10 performed out with a recap, match stats and highlights.

Day 9 2025 Madrid Open Semi-Last Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Casper Ruud (14)
Francisco Cerundolo (20)
6-4 7-5

Jack Draper (5)
Lorenzo Musetti (10)
6-3 7-6(4)

Ruud Rallies Previous Cerundolo

Casper Ruud defeated Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-5 on Friday to safe a spot within the closing on the Caja Magica.

I anticipated Ruud to win comfortably, however regardless of the straightforward-looking rating, it was no stroll within the park as Ruud confronted 18 break factors. Saving fifteen of them.

Heading into the semi-final, Ruud was on the again foot, having misplaced his final two encounters with Cerundolo, together with a straight-sets defeat in Miami earlier this yr, however I believe he’s seemed improved this week.

He survived a 0/40 scare within the opening sport, obtained remedy for his rib from the physio after the third sport, after which seized the primary set with a important break within the tenth sport.

The second set was a rollercoaster, with each gamers struggling to carry serve, leading to 5 breaks. In sport 5, Ruud fended off all seven break factors to edge forward 3-2.

Though he dropped his subsequent service sport, he regrouped to win 4 of the ultimate 5 video games from 3-4 all the way down to seal his spot within the closing, and he’s but to drop a set.

Cerundolo will go away disillusioned to not do extra with the 18 break possibilities he created, which is a loopy quantity and topped off by the truth that earlier than this match, he was #2 on the stats leaderboard for break level conversion price this season.

I wasn’t positive I used to be going to have the ability to end the match, truthfully. I felt one thing in my rib throughout the heat up, simply in the direction of the tip earlier than going out [on court], and I felt it in practically each shot, particularly the serve. Fortunately, I obtained some fast remedy on it. There’s not an excessive amount of you are able to do, you solely have three minutes [with the physio]. So I’ll go and test it out extra now. I obtained a few painkillers, which isn’t the best factor, however on the identical time in a state of affairs like this, you need to try this every now and then. I used to be in a position to simply play one sport at a time actually. It was easing and getting higher because the match went on. Ruud on his early harm.

Match Stats

Francisco Cerundolo
Casper Ruud

Winners
28
17

Unforced Errors
27
26

Aces
2
4

Double Faults
3
3

1st Serve %
62% (40/65)
67% (57/85)

1st Serve Factors Received
68% (27/40)
63% (36/57)

2nd Serve Factors Received
44% (11/25)
43% (12/28)

Break Factors Saved
44% (4/9)
83% (15/18)

Service Video games
55% (6/11)
73% (8/11)

1st Return Factors Received
37% (21/57)
33% (13/40)

2nd Return Factors Received
57% (16/28)
56% (14/25)

Break Factors Received
17% (3/18)
56% (5/9)

Return Video games
27% (3/11)
45% (5/11)

Stress Factors
.26% (7/27)
74% (20/27)

Service Factors
58% (38/65)
56% (48/85)

Return Factors
44% (37/85)
42% (27/65)

Web Factors
0% (0/1)
53% (9/17)

Complete Factors
50% (75/150)
50% (75/150)

Match Factors Saved
1
0

Max Factors In A Row
8
5

Complete Video games
41% (9/22)
59% (13/22)

Max Video games In A Row
2
3

Highlights

Draper Mutes Musetti

Jack Draper fired his method into the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday night, dispatching Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6(4).

The lefty has been in great type this week, along with his baseline sport locked in and his newfound confidence on clay palpable. Like Ruud, he has but to drop a set en path to the ultimate.

Draper’s groundstrokes had been dialled in, making use of fixed stress on Musetti and providing the Italian few possibilities to counter.

A few of his forehands had been hit with such depth and spin that they seemed to be flying lengthy however dipped contained in the baseline on the final second, leaving the Italian with no probability.

Within the second set, I believed Musetti raised his sport and began having extra success when issues obtained bodily as Draper started to get to a couple balls a bit later than within the first set. Nevertheless, he countered that by throwing in some serve and volley on serve, saving a break level in sport seven.

Even within the crucible of a second-set tie-break, the 23-year-old stayed composed and located an additional gear to seize an early mini break and journey it out to safe the victory.

For Musetti, this marked his second ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of the European clay swing, following a runner-up end in Monte-Carlo, and he heads into his residence match in Rome subsequent week in good type.

It felt like each level was a giant second. I felt the extent was actually excessive from each of us. Lorenzo is a special animal on the clay however he has additionally grown since I final performed him, with the outcomes he has had, so it was a very good problem as to how far now we have each come. I simply tried to remain current. I had possibilities. I felt I went a bit passive in moments and at this degree in opposition to that calibre of opponent, he’s not going to allow you to off the hook. I believe I did an ideal job altering tactically – serve-volleying and being a bit extra offensive, on the entrance foot. Draper on his win.