Norway’s Casper Ruud celebrates after winning the Argentina Open final at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club February 13, 2022. — Reuters pic
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 14 — Norway’s Casper Ruud won his seventh career title and sixth on clay with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman in Sunday’s Argentina Open final.
Top seed Ruud was the champion in the Argentine capital in 2020 while second-seeded Schwartzman succeeded him last year.
Ruud’s record at the event now stands at 9-0.
The 23-year-old’s two clay titles in Argentina add to those in Kitzbuhel, Gstaad, Bastad and Geneva in 2021.
He won his only hardcourt event at San Diego, also last year. — AFP