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Seven Brits in London 🇬🇧 One of the exciting things of a home tournament is seeing those home players in action with seven British players in action. Cam Norrie vs Grigor DimitrovDan Evans vs Matteo BerrettiniAndy Murray vs Lorenzo SonegoLiam Broady vs Marin CilicJack Draper vs Taylor FritzRyan Peniston vs Casper RuudPaul Jubb vs Botic...

Casper Ruud’s performances in Paris deserve praise but also provide a useful platform to learn from

The first time I watched Casper Ruud must've been in 2018/2019 and I remember his time at the Next Gen Finals in 2019 well, the Norwegian impressed but I felt that he was a bit behind the others. Ruud lost to De Minaur and Kecmanovic going out in the round robin and his game felt...

6-3 6-3 6-0, Rafael Nadal wins a 14th Roland Garros title!

In 2013, Casper Ruud watched his idol Rafael Nadal win his 8th Roland Garros title, the Norwegian who would go onto train at the Spaniard's academy in Manacor would then play him for the first time in a Grand Slam final at Roland Garros. As with any major final nerves were expected with Ruud taking...

Rafael Nadal vs Casper Ruud – Can the Norwegian who trained at Nadal’s academy stop the Spaniard winning a 14th Roland Garros title?

128 down to two, one was expected and the other not but I am so pleased for Casper Ruud to be in this position. Both players left Rome with questions, Nadal hobbled out of his defeat to Shapovalov and all focus was on his foot where as Ruud struggled for form winning just four of...

Roland Garros – First Round Battles

Casper Ruud vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga A farewell for Jo, he has been incredible for the sport over the last 18 years. He made his Roland Garros debut in 2005 and this will be his 13th and final match of a wonderfully exciting career. It probably isn't what Casper Ruud needs. It will be an atmosphere...

Roland Garros – The Ones to Watch

Casper Ruud I wanted to have Casper in my piece talking about contenders at Roland Garros but the form coming into Rome and the manner of the defeat to Djokovic raised a few eyebrows. Djokovic' performance was great but Casper couldn't consistently put a challenge together that would turn the tables. His success has come...

Match Point from Rome

Iga Świątek defends her title in Rome Another wonderful week, a week of winning and dominating performances from Iga Swiatek who won her fifth consecutive title and 28th consecutive match having not lost since February. Iga saw off Ruse, Azarenka, Andreescu, Sabalenka and Jabeur without dropping a set in a tournament she has dominated at...

4 wins and 4 defeats in as many weeks, Casper Ruud’s clay court form is not as we anticipated with Roland Garros on the horizon

There was an expectation that Casper Ruud would challenge during this clay court season but so far that hasn’t materialised. 6 of his 7 titles have come on clay, he has broken into the top ten and made strides on the hard courts coming into the clay court on the back of finishing runner-up at...

A successful season isn’t defined by a strong couple of months but this clay court season is pivotal for Casper Ruud to kick on at the highest level

Casper Ruud is one of the top clay court players in the world, he is definitely in the top five in that category and 2021 saw the Norwegian make the final four in Monte-Carlo and Madrid as well as winning three consecutive clay court titles in July that year. This clay court season comes with...

Match Point from Miami

Francisco Cerundolo's hard court and Masters 1000 debut in Miami! Before Miami the 23 year old from Argentina had never played a hard court match on the main ATP Tour or a match at a Masters 1000 event, he finished in Miami in the semi-finals! It has been a meteoric rise for the Argentine that...