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Casper started the tournament in Estoril with a tough win over local player Souza. The match lasted two hours and 15 minutes and ended with the victory of the Scandinavians 4:6, 6:2, 6:2. Ruud’s first set failed, but then Kasper found his game and confidently won the match. And in the third round, Ruud had no problems in the match with Sebastian Baez, defeating the South American by a score of 6:3, 6:0. Against Baes, Ruud threw two aces from three double-faults, scoring 68% on the first serve and 53% on the second. Acceptance statistics: 48% / 63%. Generally speaking, Ruud has found a game and after eliminating Gurkach from the tournament, it’s hard to say who can prevent the Norwegian from winning the tournament in Portugal.

For Gala, the tournament in Estoril has been going very well so far. The Frenchman has already eliminated the Portuguese Borges, the Spaniard Bautista-Aguta and the Austrian Tim. The match against Dominik lasted an hour and 20 minutes, Kenten won it with the score 6:1.6:4. Throughout the match, Gali had five aces with one double fault, scoring 85% on her first serve and 65% on her second. Acceptance statistics: 39% / 53%. It is worth adding that during the tournament in Estoril, Gali defeated two strong, outstanding tennis players, but it is worth noting that Spaniard Bautista-Agut still looks better on hard than on clay, and Dominic Thiem, after undergoing surgery, could not return to his previous level. It is a question that this pair still cannot be compared in terms of level with Ruud taking on a tone.

Tennis player Rating Total number of matches in 2023 wins failures
Ruud 5 13 7 6
Gala 80 28 16 12