Norway suffered a 3-1 defeat to Kazakhstan in Davis Cup – Casper Ruud took an L as well
Casper Ruud, who is enjoying a career-high ranking of No. 8 in the world, was hoping to lead his team to a win over Kazakhstan in Oslo and help them secure a Davis Cup Finals ticket.
Unfortunately for Ruud and the local fans, Norway suffered a 3-1 defeat to Kazakhstan. Ruud had a chance to force a fifth and deciding rubber but he suffered a 6-4 5-7 6-4 loss to Bublik.“We’re a young team, we will try to develop and keep going,” Ruud said, “Just because we lost this match doesn’t mean we will stop fighting or trying.
It’s obviously disappointing because we were trying to reach a step we’ve never been to before. We will play another match, probably this fall, and see if we can come back and put ourselves in this position again next year. That will be the goal now”. [via daviscup.com]
Casper Ruud says he is fine with being called a clay court player
World No. 10 Casper Ruud claims he doesn’t mind the “clay court player” label since he has been looking up to Rafael Nadal from a very young and the Spaniard is a perfect example of what a clay court specialist can accomplish.
In 2021 Ruud earned $963,363 in prize money for 44 matches in various tournaments. During his professional career, Casper earned $3,496,856 in prize money according to the official ATP website. We estimated Casper Ruud’s net worth at $4 700 000.
Ruud won three consecutive clay events — Bastad, Gstaad and Kitzbuhel. Earlier in 2021, Ruud won Geneva and also made the semifinals at the Monte Carlo Masters, Madrid Masters and Munich.
‘But you’re not just a clay player, and you’ve already proved it. Good Luck for the US tournaments !’ Some one commented on his Twitter to which he responded
“I don’t mind it at all, clay is a surface with a lot of history so I’m fine with being called a clay court player” – Casper Rudd [via twitter.com]
Casper will be seen next competing in BNB Paribas Open, Indian Wells, USA starting from 9th of March followed by Miami Open, USA which will be played between 22nd March to 4th April.
Ruud is considered one of the most promising young players of his generation, and among the best currently active clay-court players in the world
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