French Open 2023: Casper Ruud overcomes valiant Holger Rune fightback to book place in semi-finals

07.06.2023 - 22:07 eurosport.com

Casper Ruud overcame a fightback from Holger Rune to win 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 and book his place in the French Open semi-finals for the second year in a row.

The pair have a strained relationship after they had a fiery encounter at this tournament last year, and they had met in May at the Rome Masters to contest the semi-finals, with Rune emerging victorious.

Ad Rune was coming off a hard-fought win over Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round, while Casper Ruud had seen off Nicolas Jarry.

Roland-Garros'The toughest question' – Ruud asked to pick between tennis and golf stardom13 HOURS AGO However Rune was on the back foot from the off in the first set, and Ruud smashed past him 6-1 in a rout of an opener.

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