Ruud manages Monfils 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 to reach US Open third round
Casper Ruud from Norway reached a career-high rank of #2 and was a finalist at the 2022 US Open (l. Alcaraz). While he suffered a temporary loss of form last season and dropped out of the top ten, he has reasserted his position with two titles this season and is ranked and seeded 8th. The twenty-five-year-old with 12 career titles is still seeking his first grand slam title having also reached that stage twice at Roland Garros (2022 & 2023).
Gael Monfils of France is universally regarded as one of a handful of supremely talented players who never won a grand slam. The exceedingly athletic and versatile Frenchman reached a career-high rank of #6 in 2016 and is currently ranked #45. The soon to be thirty-eight year old with 12 career titles reached the semis at the US Open in 2016 (l. Djokovic).
This was their third tour-level meeting having split the previous two….
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