The meeting lasted 2 hours 23 minutes and ended with a score of 2: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 5) in favor of the 22-year-old Norwegian athlete.

Thus, Ruud finished second in the Green Group and made his way to the semifinals of the ATP Finals, where he will meet with the champion of last year's tournament, another Russian, Daniil Medvedev.

Earlier, ex-first racket of the world Yevgeny Kafelnikov said that Daniil Medvedev has a chance to repeat last year's success at the Final Tournament.