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Casper Ruud vs Flavio Cobolli: ATP Geneva – Semifinal
Casper Ruud and Flavio Cobolli will face each other in the ATP Geneva semfinal.
Casper Ruud Profile
Casper Ruud is seventh in the ATP rankings, and his career high was No. 2 in the world. The Norwegian is 33-10 for the season and 15-4 on clay.
Ruud is coming off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 quarterfinals win over Sebastian Baez and previously he defeated Sebastian Ofner 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the round of 16.
Last week in Rome, he lost in the second round to Miomir Kecmanovic 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. He also faced an early exit in Madrid after losing 6-4, 7-5 to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The month of April was much more successful for Ruud, as he played in back-to-back finals, both times against Stefanos Tsitsipas. He lost the first one in Monte Carlo and won the following week in Barcelona.
Ruud also made it to two finals earlier in the season but lost both times, in Acapulco to Alex de Minaur and in Los Cabos to Jordan Thompson.
Flavio Cobolli Profile
Flavio Cobolli is enjoying his best career ranking, being No. 56 in the world. The Italian is 23–13 for the season and 7–5 on clay.
He is coming off a 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinal win over Alexander Shevchenko. Previously he defeated Ben Shelton 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the round of 16, and earlier, he won a 7-5, 6-1 win against Arslan Karatsev in the opening round in Geneva.
Last week, he reached the second round in Rome after beating Maximillian Marterer 6-4, 6-2, but then lost to Sebastian Korda, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
Cobolli’s best results this season were the quarterfinals in Delray Beach and Montpellier.
This is his first appearance in Geneva.
Head-to-Head
This will be the first match between Casper and Flavio Cobolli.
Prediction and Conclusion
This semifinal match should have taken place on Friday, but because of the rain, it was moved to Saturday. Whoever wins this match will play the same day in the final against Tomas Machac, who defeated Novak Djokovic in their semifinal battle. There is no doubt that Ruud is by far the better player, but it is a question of how much he would want to play twice on Saturday and then head to Roland Garros. Cobolli will be the one who puts in more effort, and that focus will give him a chance to fight for the title in Geneva.
