Ruud trapped by Bautista Agut in Basel

Casper Ruud has had it. The Norwegian's tennis is becoming increasingly shaky, and he has just conceded his 4th defeat in 5 matches.

Faced with Roberto Bautista Agut, who recently won the title in Antwerp, the world number 8 fell back into his old ways.

Playing very far from his line, he let his opponent set up his cadenced game.

Cruelly lacking in percussion, Ruud was defeated in just over 2 hours (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) and will need to bounce back quickly.

Indeed, his place at the year-end Masters is not yet guaranteed, and his main rivals (Dimitrov, Paul, Rublev) seem to be in much better shape.