Casper Ruud

[Barty]

04.03.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 94

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[Damian]

Ruud on the Rise: #NextGenATP Norwegian star Casper Ruud is making his Houston debut. His father, Christian, won the River Oaks title in 1996 when it was a non-ATP Tour event. Casper cracked the Top 100 last month after his semi-final showing in Sao Paulo.

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[Damian]

#NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud battled past Bolivian Hugo Dellien 7-6(7), 6-4. Earlier this year, Ruud lost just one game against Dellien in their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting in Sao Paulo, but he had to battle much harder this time, advancing after one hour and 41 minutes. Ruud will try to upset New York Open champion Reilly Opelka next.

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ATP Houston R2:

84 Denis Kudla 663
85 Casper Ruud 658
86 Peter Gojowczyk 655

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Granollers will next face #NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud, who upset fourth seed Reilly Opelka of the U.S. 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Ruud withstood 16 aces from the 6'11" American and converted his only two break points. The 20-year-old also won 64 per cent of his second-serve points.

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[Damian]

ATP Houston QF:

81 Albert Ramos Viñolas 685
82 Casper Ruud 683
83 Nicolas Jarry 675

[Damian]

#NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud denied Marcel Granollers the birthday he hoped for. The Spaniard turned 33 on Friday, but Ruud didn't provide any gifts and won 11 straight games to prevail in their quarter-final 6-1, 6-0. All three of Ruud's ATP Tour semi-finals have come on clay. The 20-year-old reached the last four at the 2017 Rio Open presented by Claro (l. to Carreno Busta) and again last month at the Brasil Open (l. to Garin).

"It's a good way to start the official clay season," said Ruud. "I've been feeling really good this week. It's a great atmosphere and there are great fans here.

Next up for Ruud is the winner between seventh seed Jordan Thompson of Australia and qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan of Colombia. Their quarter-final was suspended due to rain with Galan serving at 6-1, 4-6, 3-3. The match will be completed on Saturday.

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[Damian]

#NextGenATP Ruud Reaches First Final In Houston

Spoiler:

Norwegian to play Garin in championship match
Tennis runs in the family for #NextGenATP Norwegian Casper Ruud. His father, Christian Ruud, competed on the ATP Tour for 10 years. But on Sunday, Ruud will have the chance to do something that his father couldn't during his career: win an ATP Tour title.

With his father watching from the stands, the 20-year-old moved into his first ATP Tour final on Saturday at the Fayez & Sarofim Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. Fighting a stiff neck and the inspired play of Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan, Ruud battled back from 2-5 in the opening set to prevail 7-5, 6-2.

"It's an amazing feeling to be in your first final. It's what we work hard for," said Ruud. "But even though it's been an amazing week, I'm hungry to win the last match."

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Galan finished his rain-delayed quarter-final earlier in the day over seventh seed Jordan Thompson of Australia and prevailed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Ruud took a medical timeout after three games against the Colombian to work on his neck and the treatment helped significantly. The Norwegian started opening up the court with his forehand and dictating the baseline rallies to win 11 of the last 13 games.

Ruud has been impressive on clay this season. He reached the quarter-finals in February at the Rio Open presented by Claro and then advanced to the semi-finals at the Brasil Open, allowing him to make his debut inside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings. He'll have a new career-high standing on Monday when he moves inside the Top 70 of the ATP Rankings.

The Ruud father-son duo are the only players from Norway to reach an ATP Tour final. Christian finished runner-up in Bastad in 1995.

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Awaiting him in Sunday's final is Christian Garin, who is also continuing to make his mark on the red clay. The Chilean advanced to his second clay-court final of 2019 after defeating eighth seed Sam Querrey of the United States 7-6(2), 6-2.

Garin won his lone FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting with Ruud last month in the Sao Paulo semi-finals. Both men are seeking their first ATP Tour title.

“The conditions today were slow and windy, which is really good for me,” said Garin. “I was really focused in the second set and I think he was a bit tired in the end, but I’m playing really well.”

The 22-year-old was two points from dropping the opening set at 5-6, but held serve and raced through the first six points of the tie-break. As Querrey’s forehand betrayed him in the latter stages of the match, Garin remained dominant on serve. The Chilean won 16 of 19 service points in the second set to advance in one hour and 23 minutes.


His road to the final hasn't been easy. Garin was pushed to three sets in his opening match against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and saved five match points to defeat second seed Jeremy Chardy of France in the second round. He now looks to become the first Chilean to win an ATP Tour title since Fernando Gonzalez (2009 Vina Del Mar).

Garin reached his first ATP Tour final last month at the Brasil Open (l. to Pella). He also finished 2018 with a flourish by winning three straight ATP Challenger Tour titles in South America. Garin was ranked outside the Top 200 of the ATP Rankings 12 months ago, but is projected to move inside the Top 50 if he can take the title on Sunday.

Gonzalez/Qureshi Upset Bryan Brothers To Reach Final

Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan produced their best tennis this week to defeat top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-2. Gonzalez/Qureshi also reached the final this year at the New York Open (l. to Krawietz/Mies). They will play fourth seeds Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski of Great Britain in Sunday's championship match.

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[arti]

ATP Houston F:

67 Jordan Thompson 803
68 Casper Ruud 788
69 Yoshihito Nishioka 772

[Damian]

ATP Houston: Casper Ruud dorównał ojcu. W finale zagra z Christianem Garinem

Spoiler:

Casper Ruud w dwóch setach pokonał Daniela Elahiego Galana w półfinale rozgrywanego na kortach ziemnych turnieju ATP 250 w Houston. W finale Norweg zmierzy się z Christianem Garinem, który w sobotę wygrał z Sam Querreyem.
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Sobota była intensywnym dniem dla Daniela Elahiego Galana. Kolumbijski kwalifikant najpierw udanie dokończył przerwany w piątek z powodu opadów deszczu ćwierćfinał turnieju ATP w Houston przeciw Jordanowi Thompsonowi, by po kilku godzinach przerwy ponownie wyjść na kort. Tym razem, aby w swoim pierwszym w karierze półfinale imprezy głównego cyklu zmierzyć się z Casperem Ruudem. Norweg okazał się już dla Elahiego Galana przeszkodą nie do przejścia.
Ruud wygrał 7:5, 6:2 i tym samym awansował do swojego premierowego finału na poziomie ATP World Tour. Został także drugim w dziejach Norwegiem, który zagra o tytuł w głównym cyklu. W 1995 roku o tytuł w Bastad rywalizował jego ojciec, Christian. - To niesamowite uczucie. Właśnie po to pracujemy. Mimo że to dla mnie niewiarygodny tydzień, jestem głodny zwycięstwa w ostatnim meczu - powiedział 20-latek z Oslo.

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Po raz pierwszy od 2014 roku w finale US Men's Championship zabraknie reprezentanta gospodarzy. Ostatnim, który miał na to szansę, był Sam Querrey, lecz przegrał 6:7(2), 2:6 z Christianem Garinem. - Kort był powolny i wiał wiatr. To były sprzyjające mi warunki. Uważam, że on był trochę zmęczony, a ja zagrałem dobrze - skomentował Chilijczyk.

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Dla 22-letniego Garina to drugi w karierze finał rangi ATP World Tour. Na początku marca zagrał o tytuł w Sao Paulo, lecz przegrał z Guido Pellą. Jeśli zwycięży w Houston, zostanie pierwszym Chilijczykiem, który wygra turniej głównego cyklu od lutego 2009 roku i triumfu Fernando Gonzaleza w Vina del Mar.

Niedzielny finał (początek o godz. 21:00 czasu polskiego) będzie drugą konfrontacją pomiędzy Ruudem a Garinem. Poprzednio zmierzyli się 2 marca w półfinale w Sao Paulo i wówczas Chilijczyk wygrał 6:4, 6:4.

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US Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston (USA)
ATP World Tour 250, kort ziemny, pula nagród 583,5 tys. dolarów
sobota, 13 kwietnia

półfinał gry pojedynczej:

Christian Garin (Chile) - Sam Querrey (USA, 7:6(2), 6:2
Casper Ruud (Norwegia) - Daniel Elahi Galan (Kolumbia, Q) 7:5, 6:2

ćwierćfinał gry pojedynczej:

Daniel Elahi Galan (Kolumbia, Q) - Jordan Thompson (Australia, 7) 6:1, 4:6, 6:4 dokończenie w sobotę

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[Barty]

Finał w Houston.

Na kortach w Teksasie lepszy okazał się Christian Garin. Ruud zagrał w swoim pierwszym finale na szczeblu ATP Tour.

Casper Ruud - przegrane finały (1):
2019 (1) Houston

[Barty]

15.04.2019

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 68

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[Razing]

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[Damian]

ATP Rzym R2:

66 Leonardo Mayer 770
67 Casper Ruud 765
68 Jordan Thompson 757

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Read & Watch: Like Father, Like Son: Casper Ruud Makes His Mark

Spoiler:

#NextGenATP Norwegian looking to make his debut in Milan this November
Like father like son has become much more than an adage of late for Casper Ruud, Norway's Next Gen ATP Finals hopeful. It's become a way of playing on the ATP Tour.

The 20-year-old #NextGenATP player reached the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings in March, becoming the first Norwegian to do so since his father, Christian Ruud, in December 1994.

One month later, Casper made his first ATP Tour final at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston, becoming the second Norwegian ATP Tour finalist after his dad finished runner-up in Bastad in 1995.

Casper, however, is showing signs that he might do more than just match his father's accomplishments. On Monday, the Norwegian qualifier beat Brit Daniel Evans at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome for his first ATP Masters 1000 win (1-3).

"This year is kind of the first year where I felt like I've been really steady throughout many tournaments and many weeks in a row," Casper told ATPTour.com. "I just won my first Masters 1000 match, so of course I'm really happy, but I'm also greedy and trying to go for more."

<a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casp ... ew'>Casper Ruud</a> beats <a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dani ... ew'>Daniel Evans</a> on Monday in Rome
Casper Ruud wins his first ATP Masters 1000 win on Monday in Rome. (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Greed on the court has served Casper well thus far, but the father-son rivalry has hardly been an intense competition. The two have accomplished the goals together, as Dad has coached Casper for most of his life.

“I know that he cares about me and he wants everything in the best way for me. So, of course, he's been a really big part of my success and my team, ever since I was little,” Casper said.

“I'm from a small tennis country, and I don't have too many people to look up to in my home country, except for him. He's the only one who knows how it's been and how the life on the Tour is. I think it's been a huge advantage, even though I'm from Norway, to have my father so close to me and helping me with my tennis.”

The two form a rare sight on the ATP Tour – a former ATP player working with his player relative on a regular basis. Family members have coached players: Uncle Toni Nadal served as his Rafael Nadal's main coach until 2018, and Tessa Shapovalova still coaches her son, #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov.

But few former players coach their relatives on Tour for a number of reasons, including the fact that many children of pro tennis players go on to pursue other interests or sports.

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Christian introduced Casper to football, hockey, golf and, of course, tennis. He placed a racquet in Casper's hands when he was only one year old and the bucket of balls was taller than him. The two would walk out to the family's court in their tennis garden, where Casper learned how to play. Eventually, though, Casper narrowed his sporting interests to only tennis.

“He was the one that decided at age 11, 'OK, this is what I want to do. I'm more into individual sports than team sports.' Since then it's just been about the tennis,” Christian said.

The family realised Casper might have a future in the sport and worked on a ever-evolving plan to take Casper to highest levels of the ATP Tour. He played Tennis Europe events, but also spent time at home, practising forehands and backhands and working on his fitness in Oslo.

His father, seeing how the game was changing from the '90s, when it favoured more all-around players, to the modern game, which favours players with weapons, especially worked on developing Casper's forehand.

By the time he was 17, Casper was the No. 1 junior in the world. The next year, Casper, 18, was into his first ATP Tour semi-final at the Rio Open presented by Claro, an ATP 500 event. He was just 33 spots from cracking the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings, a milestone achievement for every player.

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But Casper got stuck. For two years, he bounced around Nos. 108 to 205, never breaking into the double digits.

“It's tough to stay focused and stay hungry every single week, especially in my case. I feel like I've been not stuck, but I've been ranked from 110 to 140 for about two years now. And you're just pushing, pushing, pushing to get to that Top 100,” Casper said.

The family made his home training base the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca last August, and Casper, frustrated by not being able to break into the Top 100, confided in his Spanish colleagues – 22-year-old Jaume Munar, who reached the Next Gen ATP Finals semi-finals last year, and veterans Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Pablo Carreno Busta – about how they handled reaching the Top 100. Their advice: It's almost tougher to break into the Top 100 than to stay there, the milestone is that significant.

“You have to keep a high level throughout the year to stay in the Top 100, but the [ATP Challenger Tour] level has been really, really tough the last couple of years. You feel like you can win every week you play, but you also feel like you can lose second or third round or first round,” Casper said. “Everybody on the Challenger Tour wants to make it, and they're really, really hungry and fighting as crazy guys.”

In February, however, Casper made the quarter-finals in Rio and the semi-finals at the Brasil Open in Sao Paulo, and on Monday 4 March 2019, his ATP Ranking was No. 94. “It just feels really good to finally get there,” Casper said.

He is No. 76 this week, and he is projected to rise to at least No. 67, which would be a new career-high, by qualifying and making the second round in Rome. Casper should keep climbing as well as he has only 166 points to defend until October, and he'll spend the next month on clay, his favourite surface and where he's made his best runs.

“I think it just fits my game a bit better... I feel like I can do a lot with my forehand and play heavy spin forehands and this kind of stuff that is more effective on clay than on hard court,” Casper said.

The current #NextGenATP class, led by Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, Denis Shapovalov of Canada and American Frances Tiafoe, features big hitters throughout the group. But Casper sees an opening for someone like him. “I think the NextGen group needs a bit of a clay-court player so maybe I can be that one,” he said.

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He is currently in sixth place in the ATP Race To Milan, which will determine seven of the eight players who compete in Milan from 5-9 November, with the final spot reserved for a wild card.

“I think it's a fun concept and a great chance for new young players to show their level and compete against each other. I think we're all good friends among the NextGen players. Of course, we're competitors, but we're also getting along,” Casper said. “It's a great atmosphere... So I would really, really enjoy playing there.”

The 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals could be the next big achievement in Casper's constantly-evolving tennis journey.

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