Third seed
Casper Ruud
claimed his second career title on the
ATP Tour
after beating
Denis Shapovalov
7-6(6) 6-4 in the final of the claycourt
Geneva Open
on Saturday.
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Norwegian Ruud did not concede a single break point to the Canadian second seed to prevail in the battle of the 22-year-olds and add to the Argentina Open title he won last year.
Neither player blinked in the opening set, which went with serve but Ruud almost lost his way in the tiebreak when Shapovalov fought back from 6-2 down to 6-6.
However, the Norwegian kept his cool and won his fifth set point when Shapovalov directed a volley into the net.
In the second set, Ruud converted his fifth break point of the match to go 3-2 up and never looked back, clinching the title when Shapovalov's return on match point went long.
The title will see Ruud move up to 16th in the rankings and, coupled with his semi-final runs in Madrid and
Monte Carlo
, it bodes well ahead of the
French Open later this month.
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