Norwegian wins
Carlos Alcaraz vs Casper Ruud now LIVE
The ATP Finals in Turin have their first big surprise: the number 6 seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud won the first match of the "John Newcombe" group on Monday against co-favorite Carlos Alcaraz 6:1, 7:5 after 1:25 hours.
The Spaniard, seeded number 3, had already led 5:2 in the second set after a break, before Ruud turned up the heat and didn't lose another game.
"I'm very happy"
"I'm very happy. We've seen Carlos play better tennis, but I took my chances," said Ruud on court. He had seen Alcaraz cold on the court over the past few days and he was perhaps not in the best physical shape.
This puts Alcaraz under pressure in his next match if he wants to advance to the semi-finals as one of the two best players in the group. In the second pool match in the evening (not before 8.30 p.m./live Sky), the No. 2 seeded Paris-Bercy winner Alexander Zverev (GER) and the Russian Andrei Rublev (No. 8) met.
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