Gstaad
\n Cerundolo\u2019s six-game streak stuns Ruud in Gstaad<\/p>\n
Argentine earns biggest win of his career against World No. 13<\/p>\n
July 18, 2025<\/p>\n
Swiss Open Gstaad\/Breakpoint Images<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Cerundolo upsets Casper Ruud to reach the last four at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Cerundolo<\/a> engineered a remarkable late momentum swing to pull off a milestone victory Friday at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad<\/a>. <\/p>\n The No. 109 in the PIF ATP Rankings recovered from 0-3 in the third set against Casper Ruud<\/a> to prevail 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in a topsy-turvy quarter-final at the Swiss ATP 250. After a confident start, Cerundolo appeared to have lost control of his maiden Lexus ATP head2Head meeting with Ruud, but he stunned the World No. 13 with a six-game burst to notch the biggest win of his career by PIF ATP Ranking. <\/p>\n \ud83d\udcaa JUANREAL \ud83d\udcaa@jmcerundolo<\/a> reels off six straight games in the decider to snap Ruud\u2019s Gstaad winning streak and reach the semis! \ud83d\udc4f@SwissOpenGstaad<\/a> | #SwissOpenGstaad<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9Hda1SaeEq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) July 18, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cIt was pretty tough. He was being much more aggressive than me and he was leading me easily then,\u201d reflected Cerundolo in his on-court interview. \u201cI think I stuck there mentally, didn\u2019t let the match go and I came out at 0-3 with the wind in my favour. With the help of the wind and maybe some mistakes from him, it was 1-3. <\/p>\n \u201cThen suddenly it was 2-3, and when I was only one break down, I started to feel confident again and battled again more. I was more confident, more aggressive, and started hitting harder. I think that was the key to my comeback in the final set.\u201d <\/p>\n Cerundolo converted six of nine break points he earned, according to Infosys ATP Stats, en route to ending 2022-23 champion Ruud\u2019s perfect record in Gstaad after 10 matches. The 23-year-old, who won his only previous ATP Tour title in Cordoba in 2021, is now guaranteed on Monday to return to the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings for the first time since October 2023. Cerundolo is currently up 20 spots to No. 89 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. <\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s semi-final schedule in Gstaad will feature an all-South American clash between Cerundolo and Ignacio Buse<\/a>. The Peruvian qualifier Buse overcame Roman Andres<\/a> Burruchaga 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the last four in just his second ATP Tour event. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n