It took around 26 years, but in February 2020 Ruud's position was overshadowed-- by his child, Casper, 22, who has eliminated his father's accomplishments, winning four ATP clay-court tournaments this year, as well as got to a career-high No. 10 ranking.
The former No. 1 junior player, Casper Ruud lost in the second round of the United States Open to Botic van de Zandschulp, an eventual quarterfinalist. Yet, his excellent period prompted Bjorn Borg to include him on his eight-man European group in the Laver Mug. His papa is his train.
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Do you keep in mind the first time you beat your dad?
Yes, I do. I was 14 or 15, yet my daddy thinks I was 16. We had actually invested a year playing events around Europe, so we stayed home the next year to service my body as well as establishing my character on court. On the weekend breaks, we would certainly attempt to play a bit against each other.
After a couple of tries, I beat him 6-2. He had not been also pleased since he really did not play well. He gave it away with a great deal of blunders.
You have actually had the majority of your success on clay courts, however the Laver Cup is indoors on a tough court. Exactly how will you adjust?
My kind of video game fits the clay better. The way I hit the ball is with a pretty good amount of topspin. It's a hefty sphere that bounces up from the clay courts. Yet I should not neglect that I grew up half the year playing inside your home on a hard court because Norway is a chilly nation.
Your Laver Cup teammates will be among the most effective on the planet. If you could take one stroke from Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev as well as Matteo Berrettini, what would it be?
From Medvedev, I would enjoy to have his return of offer. With Zverev, the backhand is quite sensational. I assume Tsitsipas has got great hand abilities on the net as well as excellent volleys.
It's tough with Rublev as well as Berrettini because they have deadly forehands, however I'm going with Rublev's forehand and also Berrettini's evil slice on the backhand side. Then I have it covered.
No, I'm going to go with Berrettini's serve. Then I can leave the slice for myself.
What is your hometown, Snaroya, best known for aside from you?
It's by the sea as well as really wonderful and tranquil. The Oslo airport used to be a kilometer away from where I grew up. They relocate outside Oslo the year I was birthed, however they maintained the path there as a historic site. When it involves sporting activity, all the youngsters play football in the summertime and also hockey in the winter. And they go boating in the summer season. It's additionally known for tennis since my papa played.
If you could have supper with one famous person, that would certainly it be?
I would say the Canadian vocalist the Weeknd. He's an artist I have actually paid attention to a great deal as well as actually like. He's a star around the globe currently, however when I started listening to him he was much more anonymous, a bit darker than he is now. I would certainly be rather star-struck if I went to that dinner, but it would be trendy to satisfy him one day.
Did you establish any type of goals for this year?
It is difficult to set objectives by numbers. At the beginning of the period, I said to myself that if I can finish the year in the Leading 20 it would be an excellent year. Currently, I remain in the Leading 10.
But it's more crucial to finish the year Top 10, not simply get involved in it for a week and after that leave. The outcome at the end of the year is the actually huge achievement.
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