ATP Dalla’s semi -final predictions like Jaume Munar against Casper Ruud

The semi -finals for the ATP Dallas 500 in Texas is determined, with Casper Ruud taking over the #2 seed against Spain Jaume Munar, while the American Tommy Paul faces a resident Denis Shapovalov for a place in the final. Here is your view of both games.

Jaume Munar against Casper Ruud

Ruud leads the H2H 3: 1, which is not a surprise in view of its career performance and its current ranking. Munar’s hope is that he sent Ruud slightly in Tokyo last year on a hard court, and then followed that a few weeks ago he pushed her Australian Open meeting on five sets, which implies that Ruud does not stand up for a cake walk here. Ruud dropped a set against James Duckworth to open the tournament, but since then it has been sailed smoothly. Ruud’s last final was in Geneva last year, he was supposed to achieve a final of this opportunity. Munar was not successful outside the ATP Challenger Tour and needed three sets against Matteo Arnaldi in the previous round. Ben Shelton’s surprise in his second game was huge, but I think he was neglected this time. Ruud in 2

Tommy Paul against Denis Shapovalov

Paul leads the H2H 2-1, but all three meetings have carried out three sets on the ATP tour, so we should deal with an exciting collision. Shapovalov needed three sets in his first two games, including a surprise by Taylor Fritz, before the Canadian reached the Belgrade final in November before grabping Tomas Machac in the quarter -finals, and only a few months later reaching another. Paul fought a little in the first two games before giving up the pace to get past Reilly Opelka in straight sets. He beat three Americans to come here and get a Canadian in the semi -finals. The Australian Open quarter-finalist was in an ATP final in October. So these are two in-shaped competitors. Shapovalov has many templates for his game, but they don’t count Paul in this. Another crucial set. Paul in 3

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