BARCELONA (SPAIN) – Matteo Arnaldi challenge Casper Ruud on the red clay of the ATP 500 in Barcelona in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Fresh from success against Trungellitesthe blue will face the Norwegian number 6 in the world ranking And third seed of the Catalan tournament. There’s a place up for grabs semi-final. Follow the challenge live.
2.30pm
Ruud, the route in Barcelona
After bye to the first roundthe Norwegian (no. 6 in the world and third seed of the scoreboard) surpassed the Frenchman Alexandre Muller (n.110 ATP) in the second round and the Australian Jordan Thompson (no. 33 in the world) in the round of 16.
2.23pm
Arnaldi, the route to Barcelona
After having been facilitated in his debut by the Frenchman’s withdrawal Arthur Cazaux (n.75 ATP) and having overcome Sebastian Baez (n.19 ATP) in the first round, the 23 year old Italian (n.40 ATP) also defeated the other Argentine Marco Trungelliti (n.197) in the round of 16.
2.10pm
Arnaldi-Ruud, details on the match
The challenge between Arnaldi And Ruudvalid for i quarter finals of theATP 500 in Barcelona is scheduled today, Friday 19 April, and will be on second match of the day on the central ‘Rafa Nadal’ (scheduled start no earlier than 3pm) after the one between the British Cameron Norrie (n.31 ATP) and the Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry (n.30 ATP) now on the pitch.
1.54pm
ATP Barcelona, Etcheverry wins the first set against Norrie
The Argentine wins the first partial against the British: 7-6 (4) after an hour and 11 minutes of play. At the end of the match, they will take the field Arnaldi And Ruud. The start of the match between the Italian and the Norwegian is scheduled not before 3:00 pm.
1.47pm
ATP Barcelona, Etcheverry-Norrie in tiebreak
The first quarter final of theBarcelona ATP between the Argentine and the British will be decided at tie-break.
1.37pm
Arnaldi, the best career ranking is on the horizon
In case of victory today against Ruudthe Ligurian (virtually n.36 in the world) would climb four positionshoisting himself up 32nd place of the world ranking. Not only that: success against the Norwegian would lead the blue tennis player to be seeded to the Madrid Masters 1000.
1.26pm
Arnaldi-Ruud, the opponent in the semi-final
The winner of the challenge betweensky blue and the Norwegian will challenge one of them in the penultimate round Tomas Etcheverry And Cameron Norrie: the Argentine and the British are now on the pitch in the first match of the day.
1.22pm
Arnaldi-Ruud, the precedents
A previous only between the blue and the Norwegian: one year ago the 23-year-old Ligurian got exactly the opposite Ruud the first career victory (6-3, 6-4 the score) against a player from top 10at the Masters 1000 in Madrid.
1.15pm
ATP Barcelona, Arnaldi challenges Ruud
The adventure continues Matteo Arnaldi on the red earth of Barcelona. Now, in the quarter-finals, there is the obstacle Casper Ruud, number 6 in the ranking and third seed.
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