ATP Finals 2024 Day Two Recap

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

Ruud has solely received one in all his final seven tour matches and didn’t advance previous the primary spherical in his earlier three indoor tournaments, but he made quick work of the Spaniard, coming via 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 via 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 powerful 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 fighting 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 precise 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 yr.

This was most likely one of many worst matches I’ve seen Alcaraz play. It was a kind 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 favored to see him attempt to grind it out, however he as an alternative went for the laser beam line-finding sort photographs, and it was a kind of days the place it didn’t work.

It’s just one match, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly probably the greatest 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 completely happy after all. I believe we’ll see Carlos play higher tennis than he did right this moment, however I took care of my probabilities. I’ve not been [full of] confidence up 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 possibly bodily he received’t be essentially at 100 per cent. In fact, that’s unhappy, and never good for him, however on the identical time it’s a part of the sport. I knew it coming in. I attempted to make him play rallies and do my finest, nevertheless it’s not simple as a result of while you sort of know that somebody shouldn’t be 100 per cent, possibly you get pressured your self. You assume, ‘It is a actually large likelihood for me to possibly attempt to win’. So I simply tried to remain in my world, the second, and by chance I received a great begin. I received a break early and stored 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 Gained
59% (17/29)
69% (35/51)

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

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

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

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

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

Winners
25
15

Unforced Errors
34
16

Internet Factors Gained
65% (15/23)
80% (12/15)

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

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

Whole Factors Gained
43% (51/118)
57% (67/118)

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

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

Whole Video games Gained
32% (6/19)
68% (13/19)

Highlights

Zverev Too Sturdy For Rublev

Sascha Zverev is the person to beat at this yr’s ATP Finals. He is available in serving nice weapons and received the Masters 1000 in Paris final week in tremendous fashion.

Alternatively, his opponent hasn’t executed a lot since shedding 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 assumed 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 a number of 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 should face a break level and transformed each of his to bag his 67th win of the season.

I assumed it was a really stable match from my finish. Towards anybody right here, you must play your finest to have an opportunity, you must be stable [and] mentally sturdy. I really feel like I did that right this moment, I felt like I used my probabilities fairly effectively and I’m clearly proud of this win Zverev on his win.