Norwegian eight seed Casper Ruud will feel undeniably less strain in his French Open elimination round against Grand Slam champ Marin Cilic on Friday after his quarterfinal triumph over Danish young person Holger Rune on Wednesday.
Ruud turned into the primary tennis player of his country to arrive at the last four of any Grand Slam when he beat Rune 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and end the hair-raising run for the 19-year-old who was playing his most memorable French Open.
Rune had disposed of fourth seed and last year's finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas in the past round and is tipped, alongside individual adolescent Carlos Alcaraz, as what's in store stars of the game, yet it was Ruud who had been the #1.
The 33-year-old Cilic, a US Open victor back in 2014, has more insight than the 23-year-old Norwegian on the huge stage, having likewise arrived at the finals at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018.
Cilic's rushed to the last four, be that as it may, has been amazing, in any event, for his next rival following the Croatian's triumph prior on Wednesday over Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-2) in a last super tiebreak.
"That will be an extreme match," Ruud said. "He appears as though he is playing a portion of this best tennis of his life right now here at Roland Garros," Ruud said.
"He has arrived at the elimination round and has been playing so well en route to the elimination round."
Rudd said while the stakes were higher with a lady last four spot at a Grand Slam for him, the tension would be lower than against new to the scene Rune.
"(It will be) not as much as today. Today I played a more youthful player from Scandinavia and you believe you had the strain to win," Ruud, who had beaten Rune on three past events in straight sets, said.
"In two days I am playing Cilic. He has won a Grand Slam and a few finals so he has more insight than me. So I have all that to win and nothing to lose.
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