Ruud gives Cerúndolo no chance and will face Jódar in Paris

Casper Ruud has dominated Juan Manuel Cerúndolo in his debut at the ATP Paris, winning with a score of 6-3 6-2 in 1 hour of play and setting up a meeting with Rafa Jódar in the second round of the tournament. In this way, both players will face each other again just over two weeks after their thrilling match at the ATP Shanghai.

The duel between Ruud and Cerúndolo had little history. Juanma came from a marathon match yesterday against Miomir Kecmanovic to qualify for the main draw, even saving match points, something that took its toll. Today he looked quite exhausted, without a single break point, and in the first set, he barely made 5 points receiving. In the second set, the situation worsened, and with two more breaks, the Norwegian sealed his pass to the second round, losing only 3 points while receiving and showing himself to be very superior to his rival.

Jódar vs Ruud, part 2

In Jódar's first full year on the ATP circuit, the Spanish player had not faced Ruud until the later stages of the season, where they will meet twice in less than a month. The first was in the quarterfinals of ATP Shanghai, where Rafa came back against Casper after losing the first set and secured his spot in the semifinals, later finishing as the tournament runner-up. 

This time they will compete much earlier, in the second round, since as it is a one-week Masters 1000, there are only 16 seeded players, which means thrilling matches from the early rounds. So far, the only time they faced each other was a very close contest, and this time Jódar will have to display his best form to secure his place in the round of 16 and keep his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals in Turin intact.

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Ruud no da opción a Cerúndolo y se cita con Jódar en París