French Open 2023 results: Casper Ruud sets up semi-final with Alexander Zverev by beating Holger Rune
Ruud will play Germany's Alexander Zverev for a place in the final.
Zverev will face his toughest test so far against Ruud, while world number one Carlos Alcaraz plays 22-time major champion Novak Djokovic in the other semi-final on Friday.In a repeat of last year's quarter-final, Rune got off to a terrible start under the lights, with Ruud breaking in all but one of his service games in the first set as the young Dane hit five double faults and 18 unforced errors.
Ruud, runner-up at last year's US Open, earned a break to lead the much-improved Rune 3-1 in the fourth set and despite missing two match points at 5-2, he held serve in the next game to claim victory. "I kind of looked at it as though he was the favourite - he won the last time we played and he's had a better year than me so far," said Ruud.Zverev into last four after 'most difficult year of life'
After the pair embraced warmly at the net, Zverev let out a huge roar in celebration at securing a sixth Grand Slam semi-final appearance."I love tennis with all my heart, I love the competitiveness and that was taken away exactly one year ago. He faced a tough task against Etcheverry, with the world number 49 not dropping a set on his way to a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final appearance.
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