Norway performs perfect come back against USA

Friday, 03 January 2020 at 11:11

Casper Ruud became the hero of Norway when they turned the tie against the United States and earned the first point at the ATP Cup.

Taylor Fritz and Viktor Durasovic played the first match in Perth. World number 32 in the ATP Ranking dominated the match when he won both sets 6-2 after just 62 minutes.

John Isner was the man who could have decided the tie already after the second match. Isner won the first set 7-6 and he had 2 match points in the tie-break of the second set. But his opponent, Casper Ruud did not give up as he turned the match. Ruud won the tie-break of the second set 12-10 and broke Isner's serve in the third set to win it 7-5.

Austin Krajicek & Rajeev Ram were fighting for the last point in the match against Durasovic & Ruud. Krajicek & Ram had the upper hand in the match when they won the first set 6-4. But they lost the second set and the super tie-break had to decide the tie between USA and Norway. Ruud & Durasovic won it 10-5 to earn the first point in the group stage for Team Norway. On Sunday, Norway will be playing Italy for the chance to reach quarterfinals in Australia.