BlackSilver
Semi-Pro
IMO he is the biggest overachiever since Hewitt in the 2000s, for similar reasons. Personalty wise, he is on Fritz-Sinner level
The Ruud Awakening!
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lurker2025
Professional
He might even be a bigger overachiever than Hewitt as It is arguable whether he would have even made the top ten in the big three era since he has only 6 top five wins. 2017 would have been his best chance to make the top ten as the clay field was not as deep.The thing is that I think he is very talented so I think that purely based on talent he has underachieved a lot.An interesting thing about him is that his record at Masters level is very good with 3 finals and 9 finals showing that he was due a title. What do you mean by him being comparable to Fritz and Sinner in terms of personality?
lurker2025
Professional
Let's hope he can carry this form into Shangai. Shelton could be a tough test if both make it to the fourth round. He needs points this year to not fall down the rankings next year as defending Madrid will be almost impossible and making the semifinals at Madrid should be the likely best case scenario.
junior74
Bionic Poster
Every time I give up on him, he seems to come back...
Haha, akkurat sånn!
Vamos, Casper!
Vamos
!Was only watching the scoreline vs Carlo, but seemed he had his chances there? Blew several BPs. Would be a huge win.
junior74
Bionic Poster
Vamos
Was only watching the scoreline vs Carlo, but seemed he had his chances there? Blew several BPs. Would be a huge win.
I couldn't watch, either. But I saw the highlights and it looked like a competitive match of good quality.
Would be fun if Casper could produce something at AO.
lurker2025
Professional
Like i said I hope he will carry his form into Shangai. He has a tough draw while FAA has a favourable draw to possibly make the finals so him making the Atp finals will be hard. Anyway Ruud had break-points in the first game of the second set and in the third set when he was leading by 2 to 1. I just hope he will win some matches to gain enough points by the end of the season so that he won't fall out of the top 20 when his Madrid points come off.Vamos
Was only watching the scoreline vs Carlo, but seemed he had his chances there? Blew several BPs. Would be a huge win.
lurker2025
Professional
Yes, it would help his ranking as defending his Madrid title is going to be near impossible.
When will his Madrid points fall off?
Ruud was good, but Alcaraz looked a bit unconsentraited...
lurker2025
Professional
In may I think.
lurker2025
Professional
He fired 42 winners, he could not have been that off.
Yes, but what about unforced errors?
octobrina10
Bionic Poster
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Incognito
Legend
Ruud has been amazing the whole week in Stockholm. The most aggressive display of tennis I’ve ever seen from him. Destroyed Shapo and Humbert wasn’t playing bad in the final but Ruud was hitting too big, especially from the forehand. Hope he keeps this up. Heja Casper, och grattis!! 
lurker2025
Professional
I hope he can keep it up. I believe that because Ruud is not always a flashy player or aggressive, his talent level is underestimated by his detractors. He is the only player alongside Alcaraz 6 feet tall or shorter to win a big title in the 2020s which imo points to him being more talented than given credit for.
Yes, but today was different, lots of angles, precision and even volleys, just amazing play, i wonder if the new smaller headsize racket is contributing to it.. i think so..
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
Earlier on Thursday, at the Swiss Indoors in Basel, Casper Ruud continued his recent good form by beating home favourite Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-6(5) to reach the quarter-finals. In the last eight Ruud will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The Norwegian currently leads their head-to-head 3-2, but they haven't played each other this year. Ruud is currently no. 10 in the Race to Turin, so is still in with a decent chance of qualifying for the ATP Finals.
Joseph_K
Hall of Fame
On an extraordinary day of little tennis, Casper Ruud was one of three players to retire from his quarter-final match in Basel on Saturday, the other two being Felix Auger Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov. The Norwegian saved seven break points in the first set against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina before the Spaniard won the tiebreak that ended the set by 7 points to 1. Ruud then retired, seemingly due to an ankle problem. However, the Norwegian has entered next week's Masters Series 1000 tournament in Paris, where he is the no. 8 seed and would face the no. 1 seed, Carlos Alcaraz, if both players were to reach that stage. It is a tough draw for the Norwegian, who is still in with a chance of qualifying for the ATP Finals in Turin in two weeks' time.
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lurker2025
Professional
His current level is very poor, I am seriously worried about him dropping out of the top 50 or even out of the top 100 this year.
lurker2025
Professional
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Fokina and Bublik at some point looked finished and they bounced back posting their career best results. Ruud obviously won't be able to post his career best results due to Sinner and Alcaraz but hopefully he will able to make a comeback. This might be the worst year of his career.
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