Madrid Open 2025 Day 10 Semi Final Recap

On Friday on the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open, Casper Ruud and Jack Draper secured their remaining place with hard-fought semi-final victories on the Caja Magica.

Ruud overcame Francisco Cerundolo, whereas Draper defeated Lorenzo Musetti, organising their first Head2Head assembly in Sunday’s championship match.

With each gamers displaying resolve and ability to succeed in the ultimate, right here’s an in depth have a look at how Day 10 performed out with a recap, match stats and highlights.

Day 9 2025 Madrid Open Semi-Ultimate Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Casper Ruud (14)
Francisco Cerundolo (20)
6-4 7-5

Jack Draper (5)
Lorenzo Musetti (10)
6-3 7-6(4)

Ruud Rallies Previous Cerundolo

Casper Ruud defeated Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, 7-5 on Friday to safe a spot within the remaining on the Caja Magica.

I anticipated Ruud to win comfortably, however regardless of the straightforward-looking rating, it was no stroll within the park as Ruud confronted 18 break factors. Saving fifteen of them.

Heading into the semi-final, Ruud was on the again foot, having misplaced his final two encounters with Cerundolo, together with a straight-sets defeat in Miami earlier this yr, however I feel he’s regarded improved this week.

He survived a 0/40 scare within the opening recreation, received therapy for his rib from the physio after the third recreation, after which seized the primary set with a vital break within the tenth recreation.

The second set was a rollercoaster, with each gamers struggling to carry serve, leading to 5 breaks. In recreation 5, Ruud fended off all seven break factors to edge forward 3-2.

Though he dropped his subsequent service recreation, he regrouped to win 4 of the ultimate 5 video games from 3-4 right down to seal his spot within the remaining, and he’s but to drop a set.

Cerundolo will depart disillusioned to not do extra with the 18 break possibilities he created, which is a loopy quantity and topped off by the truth that earlier than this match, he was #2 on the stats leaderboard for break level conversion fee this season.

I wasn’t certain I used to be going to have the ability to end the match, truthfully. I felt one thing in my rib through the heat up, simply in the direction of the tip earlier than going out [on court], and I felt it in practically each shot, particularly the serve. Fortunately, I received some fast therapy on it. There’s not an excessive amount of you are able to do, you solely have three minutes [with the physio]. So I’ll go and test it out extra now. I received a few painkillers, which isn’t the best factor, however on the identical time in a scenario like this, it’s important to do this at times. I used to be in a position to simply play one recreation at a time actually. It was easing and getting higher because the match went on. Ruud on his early harm.

Match Stats

Francisco Cerundolo
Casper Ruud

Winners
28
17

Unforced Errors
27
26

Aces
2
4

Double Faults
3
3

1st Serve %
62% (40/65)
67% (57/85)

1st Serve Factors Gained
68% (27/40)
63% (36/57)

2nd Serve Factors Gained
44% (11/25)
43% (12/28)

Break Factors Saved
44% (4/9)
83% (15/18)

Service Video games
55% (6/11)
73% (8/11)

1st Return Factors Gained
37% (21/57)
33% (13/40)

2nd Return Factors Gained
57% (16/28)
56% (14/25)

Break Factors Gained
17% (3/18)
56% (5/9)

Return Video games
27% (3/11)
45% (5/11)

Strain Factors
.26% (7/27)
74% (20/27)

Service Factors
58% (38/65)
56% (48/85)

Return Factors
44% (37/85)
42% (27/65)

Internet Factors
0% (0/1)
53% (9/17)

Whole Factors
50% (75/150)
50% (75/150)

Match Factors Saved
1
0

Max Factors In A Row
8
5

Whole Video games
41% (9/22)
59% (13/22)

Max Video games In A Row
2
3

Highlights

Draper Mutes Musetti

Jack Draper fired his manner into the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday night, dispatching Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6(4).

The lefty has been in large kind this week, along with his baseline recreation locked in and his newfound confidence on clay palpable. Like Ruud, he has but to drop a set en path to the ultimate.

Draper’s groundstrokes have been dialled in, making use of fixed stress on Musetti and providing the Italian few possibilities to counter.

A few of his forehands have been hit with such depth and spin that they appeared to be flying lengthy however dipped contained in the baseline on the final second, leaving the Italian with no probability.

Within the second set, I believed Musetti raised his recreation and began having extra success when issues received bodily as Draper started to get to some balls a bit later than within the first set. Nonetheless, he countered that by throwing in some serve and volley on serve, saving a break level in recreation seven.

Even within the crucible of a second-set tie-break, the 23-year-old stayed composed and located an additional gear to seize an early mini break and experience it out to safe the victory.

For Musetti, this marked his second ATP Masters 1000 semi-final of the European clay swing, following a runner-up end in Monte-Carlo, and he heads into his residence match in Rome subsequent week in good kind.

It felt like each level was an enormous second. I felt the extent was actually excessive from each of us. Lorenzo is a unique animal on the clay however he has additionally grown since I final performed him, with the outcomes he has had, so it was a very good problem as to how far we have now each come. I simply tried to remain current. I had possibilities. I felt I went a bit passive in moments and at this degree in opposition to that calibre of opponent, he’s not going to allow you to off the hook. I feel I did an important job altering tactically – serve-volleying and being a bit extra offensive, on the entrance foot. Draper on his win.