Ruud on tumultuous relationship with Kyrgios: "I didn't receive a Christmas card from him"

Casper Ruud and Nick Kyrgios are not very fond of each other after experiencing some moments on the court and many more off the court such as on social media.

They clashed a few times with Kyrgios taking a lot of shots at Ruud calling his game boring and a player who collects trophies and points on clay events. Ruud on the other hand referred to Kyrgios as an idiot once but generally avoids talking about him in recent times. He did talk about him before the United Cup explaining that they are not best friends:

"You know, I didn't receive a Christmas card from him; nor did he receive one from me. But if we see each other we can say hello and there's no hard feelings."

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He also praised him as a player:

"Nick is such a talented player, and he can beat anyone. I mean, you don't want to have a feud going on against him because he will probably want to bring his A-game every place:"

The relationhips will probably never blossom into a proper friendship but they are on positive terms as he explaiend that Kyrgios reached out and engaged in a positive way.

"There is really nothing going on. What happened in Rome many years ago happened, and he got the better of me last time in Indian Wells. He came to me in Laver Cup last year in Boston and congratulated me after my victory and said that I was doing great and so on. So he's been positive and cheering me on for the last year or so."

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