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Patna : Top seed Casper Ruud, 22, Norway, and World No 77 Federico Coria, 29, Argentina, will clash in the final of Nordea Open ( Swedish Open), an ATP 250 point clay court tournament at Bastad, Sweden, on July 18, 2021. Both Ruud and Coria won their respective semi-final matches in straight sets on July 17, 2021.
World No 16 Casper Ruud beat World No 97 Roberto Carballes Baena, 28, Spain, 6-1, 6-4 in 79 minutes in semi-final on July 17, 2021. Ruud won 5 break points during the match to 2 by Baena. Ruud also won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by the Spaniard. Ruud, in all, won 57 points during the match to 32 by Baena. The Spaniard committed 4 double faults to 1 by Ruud.
world No 77 Coria defeated World No 107 Yannick Hanfmann, 29, Germany, in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in71 minutes in semi final winning 5 break points and 4 games in row during the match. both the players served 2 Aces each in the match. Coria, in all, won 58 points to 35 by Hanfmann.