In a marathon day, in which he had to first resolve the postponed semi-final against the Italian Flavio Cobolli, who had two match points, and in which he later beat the Czech Tomas Machac, the Norwegian Casper Ruud once again won the Geneva tournament title, as in 2021 and 2022.
He beat Novak Djokovic’s executioner, 7-5 and 6-3, in one hour and 48 minutes. The seventh player in the world, who had already beaten the Czech at the Australian Open in 2023, in the only duel between the two, completed a successful Saturday that led him to his second title of 2024 after the one in Barcelona and the twelfth of his career. of the.
One of the candidates for success at Roland Garros, he had more difficulties in the semifinal that he had to play early in the morning against Cobolli. The Norwegian, finalist in three Grand Slams – two in Paris and one in the United States Open, all without success – had to save two match points and come back.
In two hours he won the semifinal match against Cobolli (1-6, 6-1 and 7-6(4)) to reach his fifth final of the season. He won in Barcelona and lost the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo, Acapulco and Los Cabos.
Ruud won for the third time in Geneva and is now aiming for Roland Garros.
