Last year, Casper Ruud faced and took down a 19-year-old Holger Rune in the quarterfinals of the French Open.This year, Ruud and Rune will play each other again in another clash of Scandavarians.
Ruud, the 24-year-old fourth-seeded from Norway, took down unseeded Chilean Nicolás Jarry in three hard-fought sets. Ruud won 7-6, 7-5, 7-5. Rune, the 20-year-old No.
6 seed out of Denmarket, escaped the fourth round after and back-and-forth battle with Argentinian Francisco Cerúndolo, the No. 23 seed. Rune won the first and five matches after tiebreakers in the 7-6, 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 victory.After 4 hours, the 20-year-old beats Cerundolo 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 to reach his second straight
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