Two-time finalist Casper Ruud suffers shock French Open exit to Nuno Borges

Seventh seed Ruud, a two-time runner-up at Roland Garros, was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 by world No 41 Borges on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

The world number eight was a French Open finalist in 2022 and 2023, losing to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, respectively, and also reached the semi-final in 2024, falling to Alexander Zverev.

The Norwegian appeared to be struggling physically throughout the latter stages of the contest, with Borges dominating the final two sets on his way to victory.

"I was fighting a lot, especially in that first set," said Borges on court.

"I feel like I was completely drilled, he really played with huge intensity, and I wasn't handling the situation the best - it was too much for me.

"I just kept on trying and I realised he started to slow down a little bit. Obviously, he wasn't 100 percent today, but I'm still proud of how I battled from the beginning until the end.

"I gave myself a shot, and today I got lucky."

Defeat for Ruud represents his joint-worst career result at Roland Garros, having previously only lost once in the second round - on his tournament debut in 2018.

And, with semi-final points from twelve months ago set to drop off, the 26-year-old will fall out of the top 10 when the rankings update post-tournament.

With 750 points falling from his ranking, Ruud is currently projected to drop to world No 13 in the ATP Rankings, with 2,905 points to his name.

However, he will fall to world No 14 in the live rankings if Arthur Fils beats Jaume Munar in his second-round contest tomorrow, with the Frenchman in line to hold 2,935 points should he reach round three.

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