Holger Rune (12th in the world) didn’t even have time to really think about what was happening to him. In 45 minutes, the young 20-year-old Dane, double title holder in Munich (ATP 250), was cleanly defeated by the German Jan-Lennard Struff (28th) in two sets (6:2, 6:0).
The author of 8 aces and 19 points from 20 behind his first ball, Struff, experienced on clay and finalist who was defeated by Carlos Alcaraz in Madrid last year, will play his fourth career final on Sunday at the age of 33 and will try to winning his first title.
Facing him as the last defense is the American Taylor Fritz (15th in the world), who perfectly controlled the Chilean Cristian Garin (106th) in two sets (6-3, 6-4) on Saturday without having had the smallest Break point that must be discarded. It will be the 13th career final (7 titles) for the winner in Indian Wells in 2022, the first on clay.
