Canadian Open 2025: Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds, and pick

Match Particulars

Fixture: (8) Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin

Date: July 29, 2025

Event: Nationwide Financial institution Open

Spherical: Second Spherical (Spherical of 64)

Venue: Sobeys Stadium, Toronto, Canada

Class: ATP 1000

Floor: Arduous

Prize Cash: $9,193,540

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Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin preview

Eighth seed Casper Ruud of Norway will tackle Roman Safiullin of Russia within the second spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Toronto on Tuesday, July 29.

Ruud, who’s a three-time Grand Slam finalist, has not been having a good time this 12 months, except for his title triumph on the Madrid Open. He reached the second spherical of each the Australian Open and the French Open, in addition to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open and the Swiss Open.

Safiullin has had an much more detached 12 months. He misplaced within the first spherical of each the French Open and Wimbledon. He managed to achieve the spherical of 16 on the Mallorca Open, in what has been his finest displaying up to now this 12 months. Consequently, his rating has plummeted, and the Russian is now ranked 82nd on the earth. Safiullin beat Ugo Blanchet within the first spherical of the Nationwide Financial institution Open in three units

Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin head-to-head

The 2 gamers haven’t performed with one another till now, and their head-to-head stands at 0-0 in the meanwhile.

Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin odds

(Odds shall be added as soon as obtainable)

Casper Ruud vs Roman Safiullin prediction

Ruud has a fairly stable sport general. His backhand might be considerably beneath par if one compares it to the opposite features of his sport. Nonetheless, Safiullin can match the Norwegian’s groundstrokes along with his personal.

The Russian can strike the ball very well and has the serve and net-play to go along with it. Nonetheless, his kind is a bit unsure in the meanwhile, and he won’t have sufficient to get previous a high participant like Ruud.

Safiullin’s solely probability appears to be placing stress on Ruud’s backhand. He must ensure that Ruud shouldn’t be in a position to go round his backhand usually sufficient. Ought to the Norwegian have the ability to hit his inside-out and inside-in forehands continuously and in addition handle to dominate along with his forehand crosscourt, Safiullin may have a negligible probability of going by means of. Nonetheless, the Russian’s potential to play the high-risk photographs properly ought to give an outdoor probability of inflicting an upset.

Choose: Ruud to win in three units.

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