winner in three sets of Jack Draper, the Norwegian offers himself the greatest title of his career.
Finally for the Norwegian! Casper Ruud won the Madrid tournament on Sunday, the first Masters 1000 in his career, beating the British Jack Draper 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, a success that comes three weeks from Roland-Garros where he lost two finals (2022 and 2023).
The 26-year-old Norwegian, so far eternal second in the big meetings, confirms his good shape on clay, his favorite surface. He had lost in Roland-Garros in 2022 and 2023, against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, but also in the US open finals in 2022 (against Carlos Alcaraz), and during two Masters 1000 in Miami in 2022 and Monte-Carlo in 2024. The former world N.2, which will return to the top Packages, including 12 on clay.
Opportunity seized
In the final in Madrid, Ruud played the feeling of this start to the season Jack Draper, winner at Indian Wells in March. The two players each had an empty passage. First draper in the first set: the Briton served for the set but a chain of direct faults allowed Ruud de Bébreaker and take the English Channel.
More conquering, the Briton returned better in the 2nd set, taking advantage of the Norwegian air hole. In the last set, Draper was on a thread and Ruud managed to Breaker at the end of his 5th attempt to lead 3-2 and spin towards victory. The Madrid tournament was very open after the package of the world N.3 Carlos Alcaraz and the early releases of Novak Djokovic, as soon as he entered the running, and the world N.2 Alexander Zverev in eighths.
