Roland Garros 2024 SF: [7] Casper Ruud vs. [4] Alexander Zverev

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A rematch of last year's SF where Ruud taught Z a lesson with a tasty bagel. However, Z has been the form player of the clay season so far and Ruud seems not as good as last RG. Will Z get his revenge or will Ruud play his third RG final in a row this Sunday?
 
Ray Mercer said:
I know there is hate for Zverev but after seeing Ruud’s previous slam finals why the hell would you ever want to see him there again? Don’t you want to see a competitive match?
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Well, Z has only played one slam final and you know what he did there... His most convincing performance at slam SF so far was vs Nadal 2 years ago, and recently he choked a 2-set lead against Med at AO.

The hate for Z partly stems from these horrible chokes. He often gets ppl's hopes up by his showings in bo3 but he's mostly never done well in slams. This RG he's spent the most time on court among the semifinalists.

Not defending Ruud but there are certain reasons why ppl would like to back him this Friday.
 
dapchai said:
Well, Z has only played one slam final and you know what he did there... His most convincing performance at slam SF so far was vs Nadal 2 years ago, and recently he choked a 2-set lead against Med at AO.

The hate for Z partly stems from these horrible chokes. He often gets ppl's hopes up by his showings in bo3 but he's mostly never done well in slams. This RG he's spent the most time on court among the semifinalists.

Not defending Ruud but there are certain reasons why ppl would like to back him this Friday.
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Sure he’s choked but he’s beaten Alcaraz clean and has beaten pretty much everyone. His serve and two hander make him dangerous. Ruud is consistent but he’s nothing more than a punching bag against the top guys.
 
Ray Mercer said:
I know there is hate for Zverev but after seeing Ruud’s previous slam finals why the hell would you ever want to see him there again?
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Because 98.8% of tennis fans loathe Zedzilla. Better Casper get thumped in a boring triple bagel final than see Zedrot involved in a match exceeding a nail biting five setter like the 2008 Wimbledon final.
 
Last year Zverev had flu during the semifinal so we can not compare the two matches. It will depend on Sinner/Alcaraz match. If they have a short one and finish early Zverev will get a faster court and wins. If the first semifinal takes about five hours we have a night session with slow courts again which would give Ruud a better chance. I think they should start the semifinals earlier as done in the past.
 
W/O is not good for Ruud, he needed more play. His level was superb in the 5th against Fokina, when he had to raise it, and then mediocre against Fritz - when there was no need to.

Close match, hopefully Ruud in 5. But Zed is a real contender this year, no doubt.
 
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Sick of seeing Casper get to a final and literally do nothing in it , he isn't good enough to get to slam finals yet somehow does it and then gets beaten easily every single time, for the sake of tennis we need him to get beat .
 
Zverev has 2-2 h2h against Ruud so it’s not a good matchup.
In comparison he has 5-4 against Alcaraz and 4-1 against Sinner.
 
Cheese&IPA said:
Sick of seeing Casper get to a final and literally do nothing in it , he isn't good enough to get to slam finals yet somehow does it and then gets beaten easily every single time, for the sake of tennis we need him to get beat .
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As if Zverev would not be beaten in the final. And he is much more famous for his chokes. Ruud fought well against Djokovic at the last RG and against Alcaraz at the USO, but there's not much you can do against an in-form Nadal at the RG.
 
Cheese&IPA said:
Sick of seeing Casper get to a final and literally do nothing in it , he isn't good enough to get to slam finals yet somehow does it and then gets beaten easily every single time, for the sake of tennis we need him to get beat .
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He met king of clay (how many players have taken sets from him in the RG final?) and prime Djoker...

He was tame, but...
 
All this nonsense about the Zedmug being in great shape - primarily based on his win against Zombiedal - Ruud in 4.
 
dapchai said:
Well, Z has only played one slam final and you know what he did there... His most convincing performance at slam SF so far was vs Nadal 2 years ago, and recently he choked a 2-set lead against Med at AO.
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The 2021 US Open semi against Novak was pretty strong too – though you bring up a good point. Overall he's just not very sound once he gets to the semifinal stage of a grand slam. He's 1-6 in semis at the moment, and that lone win was against PCB and he came out so flat he had to battle back from two sets to love down. He may be the better player than Ruud but he's also shown quite a few times now that he gets tight the closer he gets to the finish line at a slam. I'm picking Ruud to pick him off again.
 
tudwell said:
The 2021 US Open semi against Novak was pretty strong too
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I think Z never had a chance in that USO semi, Djoko was already up 2 sets to 1. He did have a great chance against Rafa though, serving for set 1 and leading 6-2 in the TB but he choked a bit and Rafa was too good when it mattered most.
tudwell said:
– though you bring up a good point. Overall he's just not very sound once he gets to the semifinal stage of a grand slam. He's 1-6 in semis at the moment, and that lone win was against PCB and he came out so flat he had to battle back from two sets to love down. He may be the better player than Ruud but he's also shown quite a few times now that he gets tight the closer he gets to the finish line at a slam.
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Agree completely - Ruud probably has (much) lower ceiling but he doesn't easily capitulate unless his opponents raise their game. For Z it's always been mental.
tudwell said:
I'm picking Ruud to pick him off again.
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I think it's not gonna be easy for Ruud this time, Z seems to have regained his clay potency. Having a walkover may actually be a disadvantage for Casper too.
 
For some reason my gut just says Ruud is taking this. Afternoon start probably helps Z and he really needs this one. This is a legacy match for him dropping to 1-7 in SFs especially in a match where he will see himself as the favorite will build up even more scar tissue late in slams. It's been 4 years since he made a slam final and he's gotta see this as his best and probably only chance to ascend to the top of the game. If Zverev is ever going to fill his potential winning slams getting to 1 in the world the window is now with Djokodal done and before Sinner/Alcaraz fully mature. Put up or shut up time for Sascha.
 
last years Semifinal was a huge letdown.

Djokovic vs. Zverev would have been an actual match.

This year I dont care as much, as the other SF is the real Final anyway, but Id like it for Zverev to get Revenge here.
 
It would make sense for Zverev to reach the Final, since he beat Nadal, regardless of which version of Nadal it was.
And the Zverev-Alcaraz match-up is FAR more interesting than Ruud-Alcaraz.
 
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