The Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud25 years old and world No. 9, had a bad experience in the Davis Cup, although he ended up recovering in his shock loss at home against Portuguese Henrique Rocha, 6-3 and 6-4. He gave victory to his country, in World Group I, losing the next day Jaime Faria. In addition, he also contributed 3-1 with doubles.
Next to him is the junior world number 1, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, Wibledon champion and US Open under-18 finalist.
The Scandinavian took advantage of his time at Nadderud Bekkestua to review the current tennis news on the Eurosport channel.
“There was a changing of the guard at the US Open,” Ruud said, recalling that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner The four Grand Slam titles were shared equally. This is the first season since 2002 without any crown from the ‘Big 3’ consisting of Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, with 24, 22 and 20 Grand Slams, respectively.
Casper Ruud He has a close relationship with his executioner in the 2022 Roland Garros final, Rafael Nadal. His father and coach, Christian Ruud, form a technical duo together Pedro Clar, its link to the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor.
He lost another Roland Garros final, in 2023, to Novak Djokovic.
Regarding the debate about who is the best, Ruud forgot about personal strategies, and made a small ‘betrayal’ of Rafa Nadal.
He clearly chose Djokovic, as he himself said. Rafael Nadal a long time ago. The numbers support the Serbian, says Ruud. “Djokovic is a tough guy and without a doubt deserves to be considered the best of all time. There is no doubt about everything he has won. I often say that it is not possible to ‘rotate’ tennis as a video game when there is nothing else to achieve, but in terms of merits and success in tournaments, Djokovic has won all possible titles. It is great to see him win Olympic gold this season,” he said.
A gold medal at Paris 2024 was the icing on the cake for ‘Nole’, who is still alive at 37 years old.
Source: La Verdad
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