Ruud outplayed Alcaraz behind the first and second serve and took charge in the decisive moments. The Norwegian fended off all five break points in the opening set and lost serve once in the second. On the other hand,

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock 6-1 7-5 defeat against Norway's Casper Ruud in his opening match at the ATP Finals as his hopes of winning the year-end title for the first time suffered a big blow on Monday.

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Norway's Casper Ruud eased to a straight-sets victory over Carlos Alcaraz on Monday as the Spanish star's bid for a maiden ATP Finals title got off to a poor start.