the norwegian Casper Ruud He admitted on Tuesday that he spent several hours without speaking or saying hello to the Australian Nick Kyrgios after a series of altercations between the two on and off the court, and deemed that “you never know what’s going to come out of his racket, or out of his mouth”, although he stressed that in recent months things have improved their relationship.
He did this in a press conference, after qualifying for the semifinals of US Openwhere he will face Kyrgios if the Australian beats the Russian Karen Kachanov in the rooms.
“Personally, we don’t have a particular relationship. For a while we didn’t greet each other when we passed each other in the changing rooms, but now we do, so it’s better,” Ruud said after winning 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (4). ) in Italian Matteo Berrettini.
“There was a period when there was tension because of what was said to both sides, but last year Laver Cup He congratulated me when I won my match, what a nice gesture,” he continued.
“Now it’s easier, what happened has been forgotten. It’s been said, but there’s no need to talk about the past again. It’s fun to watch, and you don’t know what will come out of his racket or his mouth, but In the end, and at least he came to tell me that he was happy to see me play well, it was nice”, he concluded.
The friction between Ruud and Kyrgios goes back to the tournament of Rome of 2019when the Aussie lost his temper after losing a game in the deciding set and was disqualified for throwing a chair on the court and hitting a bottle.
At the end of that meeting, Ruud referred to Kyrgios as “an idiot”, something that prompted a series of comments from Kyrgios on social networks. Among them, the Australian referred to the Norwegian as “heavy” and criticized him for not having the courage to say those things to his face.
He also accused him of being an “unknown”, due to the fact that at that time Ruud was entering the main draw from the rankings and as number 61 in the world ranking.
Ruud has seen significant growth since then and could reach the number one spot in the rankings with a win at the US Open.
Source: La Verdad
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