On November 18, the ATP year-end finals in Turin, Italy, were in full swing, and in the second round of the green group, The Lucky British Nori, who advanced to the year-end finals as a substitute, was tragically reversed and defeated by the world's eighth-ranked Norwegian Ruud, with a score of 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in three sets. In this way, Nori bid farewell to the semi-finals early, even if he was able to defeat Djokovic in the final round of the group stage.
In this life-and-death contest, Ruud blasted out 10 ACE balls and scored 32 winning points, although Nori's bottom line held the ball well, but Rudd was very good at catching the opponent's loopholes, always able to use the clever return ball to make Nori tired of running, and finally Ruud lost two sets in a row in the first set, and got his first victory in the year-end finals.
In the next round, Ruud will face Rublev, the winner of this match will join forces with Djokovic to advance to the semi-finals, and Djokovic beat Rublev 2-0 in the second round, which is also The first time Djokov has met Rublev. Rudd and Rublev have met 5 times, the record is 0 wins and 5 losses, in an absolute disadvantage, although the world ranking of the two is not too bad, but the confrontation record reflects a lot of problems, or the style of the ball, may also be a state problem, in short, Rudd wants to avenge Lubrev in the next round is not small.
Still, Rudder should be happy with his performance this season, as he's the first Norwegian to reach the year-end finals since 1970 and has made history. And Nori must also be pleased, because he is 11th in the standings this season, if it were not for Nadal's early farewell to the season due to injury, and Tsitsipas and Berrettini did not retire, Nori would not qualify for this year's year-end event, knowing that they are not the big three after all, and it is difficult to get a piece of the men's tennis.