2004 - Casper Ruud is the first Scandinavian male player to reach the semifinals at the US Open since Joachim Johansson in 2004. Cold. #USOpen #USOpentennis #USOpen2022
Kazakhstan’s tennis star hilariously belittled the current world number 11 Casper Ruud’s 2022 US Open draw in a recent video.
The Norwegian tennis star made it to the final of the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year in 2022 where he eventually lost to the current world number two Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz with a score of 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3.
2004 - Casper Ruud is the first Scandinavian male player to reach the semifinals at the US Open since Joachim Johansson in 2004. Cold. #USOpen #USOpentennis #USOpen2022
In a video posted on social media platform X — previously known as Twitter—Ruud talked about how he started the competition with no rhythm but things started to get better with every match.
“It was crazy,” he said. “I was there for one week practising before the tournament and I lost every set practice. No matter who I was playing, I lost every practice. It was too fast for me. I had no chance to play.
“And then, I had a quite good draw. In the first round, I played Kyle Edmund. And then second round I played Tim van Rijthoven. Tommy Paul in the third & Corentin Moutet in the fourth."
Bublik, who was sitting with him during the conversation, hilariously interrupted by saying: “But what the hell is this draw? And then who was in the quarterfinal, Pedro Cachin? I am sorry, no offence.”
Rudd defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the last-eight fixture and Russia’s Karen Khachanov in the semifinal of the competition before losing to Alcaraz in the grand finale.