‘It wasn’t easy for any of us,’ Casper Ruud avenges Monte Carlo Final loss as he defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to win Barcelona Open

World No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas and World No.6 Casper Ruud are showing how dominating they can be on clay courts. While the Greek started his campaign on the surface by winning his third Monte-Carlo Masters after beating Ruud, the duo met again in the final, but the result was different.

On the Pista Rafa Nadal court on Sunday (April 21), the Norwegian defeated Tsitsipas with a scoreline of 7-5, 6-3 to win the Barcelona Open title. If Ruud dealt with two straight defeats to Tsitsipas in finals, he admitted, he would have been overwhelmed with emotions. As it did not happen, he joked and thanked the Greek for letting him win.