"Best way is to talk to me, don't go and rant and rave": Casper Ruud 'cheap' Miami Open rant condemned by tournament chief James Blake
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Casper Ruud was dumped out of the Miami Open by Nicolas Jarry and perhaps he was pleased this was the case with his rant previously on the conditions at the tournament in a heavily publicised video which has now been responded to by tournament director, James Blake.
Blake said that he got his rant given that tensions were high on the court and given he was previously a top player himself, he saw it as thus. But that he wishes if he had frustrations, he would have levied them to him instead of being so public abou it.
"There's been no towels, no cold water, and just a plastic chair to change. This is a joke. And you know why it is, because the tournament is too cheap to put up something good for the players," he said.
"We’ve all had a bad day out on the court and said some things, I’m definitely an example of that. I would get upset at an umpire and say something that really had nothing to do with the match," he told Miami Herald.
"He had just gotten broken and that’s frustrating time. So, I get it and no hard feelings. I wish it had been handled in a different way."
"The best way is to talk to me, don’t go on the court and rant and rave about it. But I totally understand, being a competitor, he was in the heat of the battle."
"I think this is one instance where it definitely helps that I was a player because I recognize when something is said in the heat of battle and said to an umpire, and we live in a social media era where things get picked up and take on a life of their own."
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