At 22 years of age, Casper Ruud Today he has become the second Norwegian tennis player in his entire history to be among the top 16 in a Grand Slam, after his father and coach Christian achieved it at the Australian Open in 1997. After achieving This achievement, Ruud attended the media to talk about what was achieved.
-Happiness for reaching the last 16 of the first Grand Slam of the season:
“Despite the victory I think it was not a good match. It is true that I started very well and quickly managed to take the first set 6-1. Then the match was equalized and he began to play at a brilliant tennis level. He managed to equalize the game and far from falling apart, I recovered. I managed to take the third and fourth sets and in this way I closed the game. Today I was able to take advantage of the wind well and it benefited my style of play. It took me a little to close the game , but finally I was able to do it. “
-On the fourth occasion he managed to overcome the barrier of the third round:
“I’m happy to get this. I remember that the first time I did the third round was in 2019 and I had to play against Roger Federer. Without a doubt the worst opponent that you can touch in a Grand Slam, since the Swiss is the best tennis player of all time. When you play a game like this, you think more about the experience you gain playing against an opponent like that than about winning the game. Then in my other two appearances in the third round, I lost to Berrettini at the US Open where he was a semi-finalist and against Dominic Thiem at Roland Garros last year. Obviously I haven’t had much luck in the matches I had in that round, so getting into a second week of Grand Slam for the first time is incredible. I didn’t have a match at all today. easy, since I measured a rival who had come from beating Roberto Bautista and playing at a very high level of tennis “.
-He equates his father as the Norwegian tennis player with the best result in a Grand Slam:
“My father was happy, as he is my main coach and wants the best for me. So far I have only managed to match him, we will see if I can overcome him. At the moment I am achieving great things for tennis in my country, since I have achieved my better ranking and last year I was able to add my first title. I have also lost a couple of finals, but I feel that little by little I am improving and that I am going on the right path “.
-How he has adapted to his game to hard courts being a specialist on clay:
“I don’t think I have to make many adjustments, since I have always felt good on hard courts. It is true that on clay I get better results, but it is not impossible to be able to do it also on this type of track. Nadal has five Grand Slams. on hard court and two on grass, while Thiem has managed to win his only Grand Slam also on hard. I think they are both the best clay court players and yet he has achieved good results on other surfaces. Why couldn’t he do it? me? “, concluded the Norwegian player.
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