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Norway's Casper Ruud holds the trophy aft winning the Madrid Open tennis last successful Madrid, Spain, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
MADRID – Casper Ruud became the archetypal Norwegian to triumph a Masters 1000 rubric aft beating Jack Draper 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 successful the Madrid Open last connected Sunday.
The erstwhile second-ranked Ruud rallied from 5-3 down successful the archetypal acceptable and sealed the triumph aft capitalizing connected his lone interruption astatine 2-2 successful the third.
The 26-year-old Ruud yelled and thrust some arms into the aerial aft clinching the triumph connected his archetypal lucifer constituent connected the Caja Mágica clay court.
The 15th-ranked Ruud volition instrumentality to the apical 10 acknowledgment to his run successful Madrid, reaching No. 7 successful the rankings connected Monday.
The 13-time circuit champion is the archetypal Norwegian to assistance a Masters 1000 trophy since the bid was introduced successful 1990, according to the ATP. It was Ruud’s 3rd specified last aft losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas successful Monte Carlo past twelvemonth and to Carlo Alcaraz successful Miami successful 2022.
Draper won astatine Indian Wells successful March. After his quarterfinal triumph successful Madrid, helium secured a top-five debut successful the rankings.
The tourney successful Madrid was disrupted aboriginal past week due to the fact that of a large blackout that brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill connected Monday, prompting the postponement of 22 matches successful total.
Ruud had needed to instrumentality a mates of painkillers during his semifinal triumph implicit Francisco Cerundolo aft feeling a rib ailment during his warmup, but determination were nary signs of immoderate wounded connected Sunday.
Draper, who similar Ruud had not mislaid a acceptable connected his mode to the final, served for the archetypal acceptable astatine 5-4 but couldn't decorativeness it. The 23-year-old British subordinate was visibly upset, and kept talking to himself and to his unit for a portion during the changeover.
The men's broadside of the gully mislaid astir of its apical players early. Home-crowd favourite Carlos Alcaraz had to withdraw from the tourney due to the fact that of an injury, and Novak Djokovic mislaid to Matteo Arnaldi successful his opening match.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka defeated Coco Gauff successful the women's last connected Saturday.
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