Casper Ruud achieved a rare Masters 1000 feat previously claimed by Rafael Nadal as he sealed his spot in the last four of the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n
Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ruud<\/a> has fallen to world No 15 in the ATP Rankings after a disappointing start to his clay season, with significant points dropped in Monte Carlo and Barcelona.<\/p>\n However, he is yet to drop a set inside the Caja Magica, and the 14th seed has now backed up a fourth-round win over third seed Taylor Fritz with a 6-3, 7-5 triumph over ninth seed Daniil Medvedev.<\/p>\n \u201cDaniil and I, we play a very different game,\u201d said Ruud on Sky Sports Tennis<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe [Medvedev] plays much flatter than me, but he serves well and moves great. It was an interesting match and I\u2019m very happy with the level.\u201d<\/p>\n Ruud\u2019s match on Thursday was his seventh quarter-final at a clay-court Masters 1000 event, and ultimately his seventh win.<\/p>\n After beating Medvedev, the former world No 2 joins an exclusive club of just three men to win his first seven Masters quarter-finals on clay since the format was introduced in 1990.<\/p>\n Ruud is into his second semi-final at the Madrid Open, and a seventh Masters 1000 semi-final on clay thanks to Thursday\u2019s triumph.<\/p>\n The Norwegian won his first clay-court Masters quarter-final at the Italian Open in 2020, defeating fourth seed Matteo Berrettini, and has gone on to win further Rome quarter-finals in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n He has also won both his quarter-final matches at the Monte Carlo Masters, reaching the last four on his tournament debut in 2021, and ultimately making the final in 2024.<\/p>\n Ruud beat Alexander Bublik in the last eight in Madrid back in 2021, and is now a perfect 7-0 in such quarter-finals after beating Medvedev.<\/p>\n A former world No 3 and one of the leading clay-courters of his era, Coria also won his first seven Masters 1000 clay-court quarter-finals.<\/p>\n Coria made his Monte Carlo Masters debut in 2001 and reached his first semi-final at the event, defeating Alberto Martin in his maiden clay Masters quarter-final.<\/p>\n The Argentine won three more Monte Carlo quarter-finals during his seven-match run, winning a last-eight match every year from 2003-05, going on to lift the title in 2004.<\/p>\n Coria won back-to-back Hamburg Open quarter-finals in 2003-04 and an Italian Open quarter-final in 2005, before falling to Roger Federer in the last eight in Hamburg in 2005.<\/p>\n Meet the lucky loser enjoying an incredible run of fortune at the Madrid Open<\/a><\/p>\n Lorenzo Musetti achieves major rankings breakthrough with Madrid Open run<\/a><\/p>\n Unsurprising, Nadal<\/a> is well out in front when it comes to this statistic.<\/p>\n The \u2018King of Clay\u2019 reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final on the surface at the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters, and would win nine straight quarter-finals at the event, lifting the title eight times.<\/p>\n Nadal also won eight quarter-finals at the Italian Open during his run, only failing to reach the last eight once, and also found success in both Hamburg and Madrid.<\/p>\n He won his two Hamburg quarter-finals before the event was downgraded, and then won his first four Madrid Open quarter-finals during his 23-match quarter-final winning streak on clay.<\/p>\n Nadal\u2019s run of 23 wins from 23 clay-court Masters 1000 quarter-finals was snapped at the 2014 Monte Carlo Masters, beaten by compatriot David Ferrer in straight sets.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0The 6 Italian men to reach top 10 in ATP Rankings as Musetti joins Sinner and Berrettini<\/a><\/p>\n The post Casper Ruud matches stunning Rafael Nadal feat with Madrid Open quarter-final triumph<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Casper Ruud achieved a rare Masters 1000 feat previously claimed by Rafael Nadal as he sealed his spot in the last four of the Madrid Open. Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ruud has fallen to world No 15 in the ATP Rankings after a disappointing start to his clay season, with significant points dropped in Monte […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Casper Ruud \u2013 7<\/h4>\n
Guillermo Coria \u2013 7<\/h4>\n
Madrid Open News<\/h2>\n
Rafael Nadal \u2013 23<\/h4>\n