Today, February 23, a match took place as part of the quarterfinals of the ATP-250 tournament in Los Cabos (Mexico), in which Norwegian Casper Ruud (12th racket of the world) and Australian Jordan Thompson (40) met. Thompson won with a score of 6:3, 7:6 (7:4).
The duration of the meeting was 2 hours 2 minutes. During this time, Kasper did not make a single serve, made three double faults and converted only 2 of the 13 break points earned. Thompson, in turn, made seven aces, made one double fault and converted three out of three possible break points.
Note that on the way to the final, Thompson defeated Americans Ernesto Escobedo (494), Emilio Nava (146) and Alex Michelsen (74). The Australian also sensationally beat the German Alexander Zverev (6) in the semi-finals of the tournament.
The winner of the tournament last year was Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas, who defeated Alex de Minaur in the final.