Ruud is coached by his father Christian Ruud, who reached as high as No. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Associated Press Karen Khachanov, of Russia, reacts after scoring a point against Casper Ruud, of Norway, during the. It's sort of a city of dreams, I guess, and I guess that's helping me with my game and my motivation.” “It shows that it's possible to do it here in New York. This year I'm pretty sure there will be new first-time winner here this year also. This is a Grand Slam the last 18 or 19 years that had more winners than the rest of them, because I'm not sure why, but there is something special I guess with this place. “When you look at the Champions Wall in the locker room here, you see there are many different players who have won this tournament. Open, and a couple of players who have been known as clay court players, let's say Rafa and Thiem, they have both won here, and Rafa has won it four times,” Ruud said. “I think if you look at this tournament, U.S. While some have pegged Ruud as a clay court player because of his success on that surface, he says it’s not true and that he can play - and win - on any surface. He closed it out at love on his serve, hitting a nifty forehand drop shot on match point, with the crowd soon shouting “Ruud.”
Ruud then broke the Russian in the third and fifth games of the fourth to go up 4-1. Ruud won 30 of the 41 points in the second set and won all 16 on his serve.ĭespite the letdown by Khachanov, Ruud let his concentration slip at the end of the third set and Khachanov broke him in the 12th game when Ruud hit a short forehand into the net. The second set ended when Khachanov sailed a forehand long during another rally. He entered the semifinal with 88 aces, the most among the semifinalists, and banged out 16 more against Ruud, who himself crushed 10 aces.īut Ruud broke him six times, including once early in the second set. The way the first set ended surely took an emotional toll on Khachanov, who took out Nick Kyrgios in a rugged five-set quarterfinal to reach his first-ever Slam semi. Ruud would be the fourth and the first from Norway. The point, and the title, were won by Borg, one of three Scandinavians - along with fellow Swedes Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg - to hold world No. Bjorn Borg and Guillermo Vilas had an 86 ball-rally in the 1978 French Open final, according to ESPN. The 55-ball rally is among the longest ever recorded.
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