Match Preview: Casper Ruud vs Taylor Fritz before the fourth round at the 2024 US Open

Taylor Fritz and Casper Roode will be going head-to-head for the third time in their careers when they clash in round four of the US Open rude has won both of their previous meetings 8 to6 in a third set tiebreaker at the 2022 NATO ADP finals and 7 to6 3-6 6 to 4 6-2 at this year's French Open it's safe to say that Fritz will be much happier to face rude on the hard courts of New York rather than on the Norwegian clay Court stomping grounds of Roland gal although Roode is a former runnerup at both tournaments he is still far more dangerous on the red stuff than he is on hard courts let us rewatch their epic first match in 2022 please like comment and subscribe at smart tennis thank you serving from Casper rud Z Wolf Gang [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] very little kind of wasted energy or wasted [Music] [Applause] shots terrific trailing by a breakish [Applause] few more those will help few more first serves hitting [Applause] [Applause] it's 12 box [Music] [Applause] that's bck [Applause] serving best you can score in terms of those shot qualities so just a little over anxious there trying to force the [Applause] br [Applause] [Music] themselves in really strong positions in terms of making the semis [Applause] [Applause] wel br [Applause] well here's exactly what rude would have been hoping [Applause] [Applause] recent [Applause] times Z [Applause] [Applause] that's clutch serving well beautifully played Fritz converts inin very different feel to this contest all of a sudden oh fascinating point Mar TR [Applause] oh you're kidding me back comes Casper unfaced remarkable way got under his skin here and [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] prin but we also print signs so that people can see your business here see it here and see it here so you stand out even when rip the ball [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] r on [Music] [Applause] [Music] what n for took 12 them still only lost two points [Applause] [Applause] that's exactly what he's done a tricky game on serve 56 this time just [Music] [Applause] kept do to a level one is last five deciding set tie brecks he's made a fast [Applause] start Z [Applause] [Music] [Music] just too good that gives T of FR just a little bit of oh what a backhand it's a very good point 51 becomes [Applause] 54 brilliant from ruse [Applause] first it's another one saved and we will switch hands [Applause] late night drama in Che significant victory for the Norwegian two out of two this week