In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the SEMIFINALS OF THE ATP1000 Miami Masters began to compete, and the No. 6 seed Ludd met with the dark horse Cyrendolo. After two sets of competition, Ruud easily swept his opponents to the final, the first time of his career that he had reached the final at the Masters.
Ruud was broken by his opponent at the beginning of the first set, and in the second set he quickly completed the break, chasing the set to 1-1. After that, both sides saved their own serves, and in the 10th set, Celendoro ushered in a set with no way back, and Ruud completed a key break in the opponent's serve to win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Rude saved two consecutive break points in the first set, and Celentolo also defused the break point in the second set to save serve. In the 3rd inning, Ruud saved two break points to save his serve, and then he scored four consecutive runs in the 4th inning to complete the break. In the 6th set, Ruud broke the opponent's serve again, and came to win the set 5-1. In the 7th set, Ruud managed to save his serve and won the second set 6-1.
In a match that lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes, the No. 6 seed Rudder defeated the world's 103rd-ranked Celendolo 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final in Miami. Ruud became the first Norwegian player to reach the final of the Masters, where he would face the winner between Alcaraz and Hulkach.