PARIS : Sixth seed Holger Rune's poor start in his French Open quarter-final defeat to Norway's Casper Ruud on Wednesday proved costly with the Dane littering the court with unforced errors for more than an hour.The 20-year-old had hoped to make it to his first Grand Slam semi but instead ended up playing catch-up as Ruud cruised through the first two sets in just 68 minutes.In a repeat of last year's quarter-final in Paris, it was Ruud who emerged victorious once more with a 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory to set up a semi-final against Germany's Alexander Zverev."I wasn't there the first two sets, but you cannot allow yourself to do that when you play a player like Casper, and any player at the top of the game, because it's too long of a way back," Rune said."I think I started very, very bad, unfortunately.
I didn't find my level at all the first two sets.""It's tough. Like the first two sets, I didn't really get the chance to see how well he played because I missed so many shots.
In the third and fourth set I started to play better, and I thought he still played good."Rune made 30 unforced errors in those two sets and hardly put any pressure on his opponent. "I didn't feel good.
I didn't play well. But that's life sometimes. You cannot always find your best level," said the Dane."I tried everything I could to get some rhythm and try to get back on track.