Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud guaranteed this Friday (3) their presence in the big decision of the Roland Garros tournament. The Spaniard won the opportunity to seek his 14th French Open title after Germany’s Alexander Zverev withdrew from the semi-final match with an ankle injury.
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Zverev’s withdrawal happened in the final part of the second set, Touro Miúra won the first partial in the tiebreak by 10 to 8. Now the Spaniard seeks, next Sunday (5), the 22nd title of a Grand Slam tournament of his career .
Across the court in the final will be the competition’s eighth seed, Casper Ruud, who defeated Croatian Marin Cilic 3/6, 6/4, 6/2 and 6/2 to become the first Norwegian man to arrive. to a Grand Slam singles final.
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With the victory over the Croatian on the Philippe Chatrier court, Ruud will at least reach the best ranking of his career, in sixth place, when the list is updated at the end of the Grand Slam on clay at Roland Garros.
The match was stopped for about 15 minutes during the third set, when a French environmental activist, wearing a shirt that said “we have 1028 days left”, invaded the court and tied herself to the net.
* With information from the Reuters news agency.
