Casper Ruud pocketed the first Masters 1000 title in his career

Before the Madrid Open, Casper Ruud had 15 tickets to the finals of the tournament on the ground. However, he has never touched the title of major tournaments, Masters 1000 or Grand Slam. However, the Norwegian tennis player finally 'broke the success'.

In the final of Madrid Open 2025, Ruud's opponent Jack Draper. Entering the match, the Draper started strongly, making the most of the powerful serve and powerful hand-to-hand plays to win the previous break in game 3. The British tennis player then maintained his style and sometimes rising to the 5-3 lead.

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Casper Ruud defeated Draper in the final

However, Ruud did not appear to flinch and persistently chase to take advantage of the opponent's mistake. At the end of the set, the 26 -year -old player won 4 consecutive games, including 2 break breaks of Draper. He successfully went upstream to close the first set with a 7-5 victory.

Having 1 set ahead, the draper has tactical adjustment in set 2 when playing more active and good control of durable ball phase. He broke the ball of Ruud first in game 7 and maintained the advantage to the end of the set. Coming to Game 9, the British player won another break to strengthen the overwhelming victory of 6-3.

Set decided to take place tense when both players kept their serve game. However, in the 5th game, Ruud took advantage of the opportunity to break the serve of the Draper, then maintain his serve game to end the set with a score of 6-4.

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Casper Ruud pocketed the first Masters 1000 title in his career

With this result, Ruud officially crowned at Madrid Open 2025. This is also the first Masters 1000 title in the career of this player. He will officially rise to the 7th world according to the latest update on the ATP rankings.

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