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

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.

At 2-0 down in the second set, Rune had offered just up just six winners and 25 unforced errors, Both players are ranked in the top 10 and they were playing for the chance to meet Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals. Rune was looking to kick on beyond the quarter-finals, where he missed out last season, while Ruud was a losing finalist in 2022.

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