"The Ice Man" Casper Ruud wins his first UTS title in Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes

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Casper Ruud "The Ice Man" beat Tomas Machac "The Air Machete" three quarters to one on Saturday to win Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes.

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00:00CROWD CHANTING

00:30CROWD CHEERING

00:34CROWD CHEERING

00:40Well it didn't impact him in any way on that point!

00:42Sucked up nicely to Ruud

00:47Took his time with it

00:50CROWD CHANTING

00:53CROWD CHANTING

00:56CROWD CHANTING

00:59Oh, he dealt with that well, considering the sun is awfully bright at the moment.

01:17Bravo!

01:197-4

01:24Yes, that's good.

01:297-4

01:40Oh, well played.

01:42He is so good on the overhead.

01:44We've seen that over the last couple of days, in fact.

02:00Oof

02:18Well, who's going for it?

02:25Just off!

02:26And all of a sudden...

02:307-2

02:44It's Mahat!

02:453-0

02:48Checkmate!

02:49Mahat!

02:591-1

03:041-1

03:12Bravo!

03:135-2

03:30Nice shot!

03:315-3

03:335-3-0

03:41Yes, as well.

03:48Yeah, Mahat's in place. There's another 4-1.

03:538-2

03:548-2

03:55Mahat!

04:18That is too good!

04:219-6

04:22He has seen the ball so big.

04:29It's unreal, ball striking.

04:44Amichetty, well done this time.

04:53Bravo!

04:552-2

04:5612-11

05:00Bravo!

05:01That's all.

05:05Play with the forehand now.

05:074-3

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05:254-3

05:30What an angle.

05:35Sublime.

05:37Play with the forehand, come on.

05:42Sends Mahat wide and finishes him off with the forehand.

05:47It's Kasper on play.

05:49And that's how...

05:52Very similar speeds.

06:062-0

06:082-0

06:157-0

06:237-0

06:31Too good from Mahat.

06:35Got up to that drive shot so well.

06:38Great hands over there too.

06:409-4

06:419-4

06:429-4

06:4310-6

06:4410-6

06:469-4

06:479-4

06:4810-6

06:50Serban Volley for 3.

06:53A winning formula on this occasion.

06:565-2

06:594-3

07:004-3

07:024-3

07:034-3

07:054-3

07:074-3

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07:104-3

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07:125-3

07:135-4

07:14on this occasion even nine jaws to within to the Norwegian good hands never

07:23seems in a rush despite the deficit in this quarter rude

07:44Oh

08:14what

08:44The last two quarters the three pointers have saved me, well the first one it was opposite

08:58so I got two back I guess, so lucky for me but yeah what can you say it's so close, two

09:04quarters, the sliding point and some long rallies, some shorter rallies but yeah one

09:11more quarter or and potentially a sudden death so let's see how it goes.

09:33In New York we do and then we went back to Frankfurt and that was Ben Shelton, correct

09:38Grand final champion

09:43and we of course began the clay season here in Nîmes

09:46oh well up, well up indeed Thomas Mahatch

10:07I don't think Ruud could quite believe that

10:13very close quarter

10:16oh he made it, one more time Nîmes is asked if it can to get to its feet

10:29that is the end almost of regulation

10:34Kasper Ruud takes a three-pointer

10:46Kasper Ruud wins his first ever UTS title

10:57at an historic venue, Arena de Nîmes the first time we have had UTS in Nîmes

11:07he snapped a seven match winning streak of Thomas Mahatch

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