Ruud beats Cilic and will play his first Grand Slam final against Nadal

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The Norwegian

will play the

final , the first of his career in a

, after defeating the Croatian

, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 in 2 hours and 55 minutes.

The tennis player,

at

, will face the Spanish

, fifth in the world, who is looking for his fourteenth crown in

after having passed the semifinals due to the abandonment due to injury of the German

.

A great challenge for the Norwegian, who has never played against Nadal before, who has never lost a final in Paris.

Ruud has broken all his ceilings in this edition of Roland Garros, where he was in the easiest part of the table and benefited from the elimination in the round of 16 of the Greek

, fourth in the world and finalist of the last edition, which paved the way to the semi-finals.

Against Cilic, 20 in the world, executioner of the number 2 in the ranking, the Russian

, Ruud took time to come into play and gave up the first set, before recovering the initiative.

The Norwegian ended up imposing his mastery on clay, where he is one of the tennis players who has won the most in recent seasons.

Between 2020 and 2022 he has 65, more than any other player, far from the second, Tsitsipas, who has 51.

Nadal academy student

Ruud often trains at

in Mallorca, advised by

.

The game, interrupted for a few minutes by a spontaneous attack that tied itself to the net and forced the players to go into the locker room, did not change its sign.

The Croatian, who wanted to play the final of the only major where he has not yet done so, was not able to impose his game and saw how the Norwegian surpassed him.

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