AGL 40.20 Decreased By ▼ -1.30 (-3.13%)
AIRLINK 129.11 Increased By ▲ 1.11 (0.87%)
BOP 6.60 Increased By ▲ 0.34 (5.43%)
CNERGY 4.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-2.42%)
DCL 8.45 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.12%)
DFML 41.25 Increased By ▲ 0.56 (1.38%)
DGKC 87.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.90 (-1.02%)
FCCL 33.35 Decreased By ▼ -0.75 (-2.2%)
FFBL 65.90 Decreased By ▼ -0.43 (-0.65%)
FFL 10.54 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.19%)
HUBC 110.70 Increased By ▲ 2.00 (1.84%)
HUMNL 15.23 Increased By ▲ 0.77 (5.33%)
KEL 4.78 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (2.8%)
KOSM 7.83 Increased By ▲ 0.50 (6.82%)
MLCF 41.90 Decreased By ▼ -0.82 (-1.92%)
NBP 60.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.34 (-0.56%)
OGDC 182.80 Increased By ▲ 3.83 (2.14%)
PAEL 25.36 Decreased By ▼ -0.34 (-1.32%)
PIBTL 6.26 Increased By ▲ 0.20 (3.3%)
PPL 147.81 Increased By ▲ 1.66 (1.14%)
PRL 24.56 Decreased By ▼ -0.35 (-1.41%)
PTC 16.24 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (0.62%)
SEARL 70.50 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.43%)
TELE 7.30 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (1.11%)
TOMCL 36.30 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (0.28%)
TPLP 7.85 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.13%)
TREET 15.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-1.86%)
TRG 51.70 Increased By ▲ 1.34 (2.66%)
UNITY 27.35 Increased By ▲ 0.45 (1.67%)
WTL 1.23 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.81%)
BR100 9,842 Increased By 47.4 (0.48%)
BR30 30,036 Increased By 389.6 (1.31%)
KSE100 92,520 Increased By 499.1 (0.54%)
KSE30 28,786 Increased By 121.7 (0.42%)

No. 9 seed Casper Ruud of Norway dropped the first set against unseeded Frenchman Gael Monfils, but rebounded to win 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 and reach his first BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal on Wednesday at Indian Wells, Calif.

In a two-hour, 27-minute match that produced a number of long rallies, Ruud prevailed despite producing only three aces to Monfils’ 14.

Ruud saved three of four break points, while Monfils saved five of six.

Ruud’s lone break of the match came in the third game of the deciding set as he improved to 4-0 in deciding sets this season.

“I think last year it was the other way around. I lost many close matches and a lot of three-setters didn’t go my way,” said Ruud, who is ranked No. 8 in the world.

“This year, the goal has been to get a good start in three-setters. When you’re kind of on a roll in three-setters, it’s easier to keep it going. In the back of your mind, ‘Last week, I won three three-setters, so why not do it again?’ “

After a tough opening set, Ruud altered his approach and went to the net often to cut off angles, which led to him winning 25 of 30 net points for the match.

Holger Rune battles past Fritz to set up Medvedev showdown at Indian Wells

“I felt physically good and ready,” Rud said. “Really tough second set, it fortunately went my way. I saved a few break points there and was clutch enough in the tiebreak.”

Next up for Ruud will be No. 17 seed Tommy Paul of the United States, who cruised over lucky loser Luca Nardi of Italy 6-4, 6-3 with aggressive baseline play. “It was a cool matchup today,” said Paul, who won 18 of 24 net points in the 1-hour, 20-minute match.

“He played really well and we pushed each other early in the first set and then I started getting really comfortable coming to the net.”

In other action, No. 4 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia dispatched No.

13 seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-4 thanks in large part to a dominant first serve.

In the one-hour, 16-minute match, Medvedev won 26 of 31 points on his first serve and earned his first break in the fifth game of the opening set. Dimitrov had more winners (13 to seven) but committed 14 unforced errors and couldn’t recover.

Medvedev will face No. 7 seed Holger Rune of Denmark in the quarterfinals. Rune rallied to defeat 12th-seeded American Taylor Fritz 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the final match of the night on Wednesday.

Comments

Comments are closed.