{"id":105664,"date":"2025-05-16T07:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105664\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:21:09","slug":"jannik-sinner-claims-he-was-given-an-advantage-against-casper-ruud-which-helped-him-in-italian-open-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105664\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner claims he was given an advantage against Casper Ruud which helped him in Italian Open quarter-final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jannik Sinner is through to the semi-final of the Italian Open, following a dominant victory over Casper Ruud 6-0, 6-1. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinner<\/a> cruised through the first set, wrapping up a bagel in just 27 minutes, and despite Ruud<\/a> managing to clinch a sole game in the second set, the Italian ultimately sealed the win comfortably.<\/p>\n

Ruud had enjoyed a hot run of form<\/a> in recent weeks, having won a maiden Masters 1000 title at the Madrid Open, but couldn\u2019t find any answers for the three-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n

The world number one is yet to drop a set at this year\u2019s Italian Open<\/a> and has now extended his win streak to 22 matches, with his last loss coming at the China Open in October, where Sinner lost to Alcaraz<\/a> in the final.<\/p>\n

Sinner, who is bidding to become the second Italian in the Open Era to win the Rome title, spoke on his victory over the Norwegian in front of a joyous home crowd. <\/p>\n

\"TENNIS-ATP-ITA-OPEN-2025\"Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO\/AFP via Getty ImagesJannik Sinner says playing Casper Ruud at night gave him an advantage<\/p>\n

Speaking after the match, Sinner said: \u201cEvery one of us has one or two opponents where we struggle a bit more, and I tried to replicate what I have done in the past today on a different surface.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hitting the ball very well, and in these conditions, playing against Casper at night is a little better in my point of view because he cannot make the ball bounce as much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything went in my favour today, some net chords and lines. But the match can change very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 2-1, if he holds that serve, if I don\u2019t serve well there, we are back even again, and it could have been a game changer, but I am happy with how I handled that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner\u2019s dominant quarter-final performance by the numbers <\/p>\n

Sinner dominated on both his serve and return, winning a total of 55 points, stacking up to Ruud\u2019s 22. <\/p>\n

He had a 78% win percentage on his first serve and tallied 70% on his second serve. <\/p>\n

The 23-year-old won 30 receiving points and took six of the eight possible break points he had. Ruud failed to reach a break point throughout the match. <\/p>\nSinnerStatRuud<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\nAces<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n0<\/td>\nDouble Faults<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n70%<\/td>\nFirst Serve %<\/td>\n52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n78%<\/td>\nWin % On First Serve<\/td>\n43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n70%<\/td>\nWin % On Second Serve<\/td>\n21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6\/9<\/td>\nBreak Points<\/td>\n0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n0<\/td>\nTiebreaks Won<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n30<\/td>\nReceiving Points Won<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n55<\/td>\nPoints Won<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n12<\/td>\nGames Won<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\nMax Games Won In a Row<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\nMax Points Won In a Row<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n25<\/td>\nService Points Won<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nService Games Won<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sinner won eight straight games from the start of the match and strung together a maximum of eight points in a row. <\/p>\n

Finishing the contest in just 64 minutes, Sinner\u2019s statement victory over Ruud is the quickest since his return to tennis. <\/p>\n

He\u2019ll now face Tommy Paul in the semi-final of the Italian Open, whom he has only played once on clay before.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s sole victory against Paul on the dirt came at the Madrid Open in 2022, where he bettered the American over three sets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner is through to the semi-final of the Italian Open, following a dominant victory over Casper Ruud…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,26344,25564,4718,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-105664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-casper-ruud","10":"tag-italian-open","11":"tag-jannik-sinner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114516307912161883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}