French Open 2022: Casper Ruud comeback win over Marin Cilic sets up Rafael Nadal final at Roland-Garros

Casper Ruud will face Rafael Nadal in the French Open final after beating Marin Cilic 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2. Cilic started well and broke to 4-3 and maintained his advantage as he raced into a 6-3 lead to claim the first set.

Ad/> The 33-year-old Cilic was also in his first semi-final at Roland-Garros, but is a previous winner of the US Open, as well as a losing finalist in both Wimbledon and the Australian Open more recently. Roland-Garros'Shocking scenes' — Protester ties herself to net causing long delay in semi-final2 HOURS AGO Ruud had reached the semi-finals with a four-set win over Holger Rune on Wednesday, while Cilic had impressively downed Andrey Rublev in an epic five-set duel on the same day.

Ruud, in his first Grand Slam semi-final, might have been nervous but he took a 2-1 lead in the second set with a chance to break. He continued to keep the Croatian on the back foot and secured the second set 6-4.

Cilic bore much of the blame for the setback as he missed what seemed to be countless smashes despite his usually sound technique. A stunning winner from Ruud moved him 3-0 up and threatened to move into the lead for the first time in the match, but the rhythm of play was interrupted by a pitch invader at 4-1.

Nadal into final, Zverev leaves court in wheelchair after shocking injury Ruud comeback win over Cilic sets up Nadal final 'Shocking scenes' — Protester ties herself to net causing long delay in semi-final The 23-year-old Norwegian did not slip up when the players returned after a short break and took the third set 6-2, before facing a decisive fourth set. Cilic failed to muster a fightback as he was broken twice to fall 4-1 behind and give Ruud the chance at victory simply by holding his serve for the rest of