ATP Finals 2024 Day Two Recap

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

Ruud has solely gained 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 brief work of the Spaniard, coming by means of 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 by means of 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 current kind, few individuals had anticipated Casper Ruud to be able to delivering a lot in Turin. However he kicked issues off with a formidable efficiency on Monday, defeating third seed Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 7-5.

Ruud, who’s barely gained a match in current weeks, took full benefit of an error-strewn Alcaraz show, who we’re instructed has been battling a chilly.

The Spaniard hasn’t appeared 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 seek out the correct photographs.

Within the second, Alcaraz raised his recreation barely with extra depth and began hitting his groundstrokes with extra on them.

Ruud’s stage additionally dropped, permitting the third seed to forge a 5-2 lead. Nonetheless, 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 in all probability 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 kind photographs, and it was a kind of days the place it didn’t work.

It’s just one match, however it’s positively among the best wins of the season for me. When it comes to who I’m enjoying, his stage, his rating and all these items. I really feel very glad in fact. I believe we’ll see Carlos play higher tennis than he did in the present day, however I took care of my probabilities. I’ve not been [full of] confidence up to now weeks or months, so it was a fantastic win for me and hopefully I can construct on it, and I want to get some extra wins whereas I’m in Turin. It may be a bit tough. 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 perhaps bodily he gained’t be essentially at 100 per cent. After all, 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 greatest, however it’s not straightforward as a result of once you sort of know that somebody shouldn’t be 100 per cent, perhaps you get burdened your self. You assume, ‘It is a actually massive probability for me to perhaps attempt to win’. So I simply tried to remain in my world, the second, and fortunately I obtained a superb begin. I obtained a break early and saved it, and within the second set I used to be in a position to 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 gained the Masters 1000 in Paris final week in nice type.

Then again, his opponent hasn’t performed a lot since dropping within the Canadian Open closing again in August, and Zverev proved too stable for him, successful 6-4 6-4 in 1 hour and 13 minutes.

Regardless of that, I believed Rublev performed okay in elements, however Zverev’s stable baseline play was ever current to take benefit when the Russian’s rapier-like hitting leaked a couple of errors in recreation seven of set 1 and recreation 9 of set 9.

This season, Zverev’s serve has gone to an entire new stage due to a few refinements, and he recorded extra spectacular numbers towards Rublev, successful 81% behind his first serve and 80% behind his second,

The German didn’t must face a break level and transformed each of his to bag his 67th win of the season.

I believed it was a really stable match from my finish. In opposition to anybody right here, you need to play your greatest to have an opportunity, you need to be stable [and] mentally robust. I really feel like I did that in the present day, I felt like I used my probabilities fairly properly and I’m clearly proud of this win Zverev on his win.