Lucky No. 7! Rude’s well-deserved moment could be a more successful springboard
Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Sunday, May 4, 2025
Losing large games will cause psychological losses to the players again and again. Credit Casper Ruud Because never let him happen to him.
He won his Virgin Masters 1000 title before his victory in Madrid on Sunday, with the Norwegian losing three Grand Slam finals, two other Masters finals and an ATP finals title match, while winning only all six games.
Warning: None of them kills the job. Two objections Novak Djokovic (In the 2022 ATP Finals and 2023 Roland-Garros), an objection Rafael Nadal (Roland-Garros in 2022), two other objections Carlos Alcaraz (Miami and the United States open in 2022). He was always in his mind, who wouldn’t be against those players at that time?
Most importantly, Ruud puts his time into development and continues to grow his own game.
Mark him as one of the best clay figures in tennis, no one will argue. His 125-35 record has ostensibly 12 titles since the beginning of 2020, which will strengthen the debate. Mark him as someone who can’t win the big guys, no counter argument.
Ruud threw down a clay dust-like devil on Sunday’s tennis shoes, and while he downplayed the importance of victory, it certainly would give him juice for the rest of the clay season, perhaps the rest of his career.
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He had another chance to win a big title in Madrid this week and he knew it was time to put the pedals on the metal. He did it in an impressive way, getting rid of it Jack Draper A well-deserved moment in the sun. Ruud, 26, is the third Scandinavian man ever to win a master’s title and the first since 2000. He was the first Norway to accomplish this feat.
“If you figure it out all, this is my seventh final,” Rude said. “So seven is a lucky number.
Rude calls it “iron” because the theme of his season has been a subject of underachieving until last week. But he used his time to completely change his format for the year in Madrid.
“I still find it a little bit ironic because if you look at my year this year, it was a really good game, that was Dallas, I went to the finals, and other than that, it was earlier than I hoped for, more than I hoped for.
“But it’s been a long season and I’m trying to think about it. It’s like a marathon, not a sprint.”
Rud hopes he can keep this pace for the rest of the spring. He plans to play in Rome, Geneva and Roland-Garros, where he has won the runner-up twice and suddenly became the biggest contender.
But first, he has to deal with today’s victory.
“Even if I won today, my record in the Grand Finals is still bad, which is 1-6,” he said. “I’ve been in many incredible and incredible positions in my career and I’ve been able to experience something great and unfortunately I’ve been in the loss of many games, but that’s OK. In many ways, my career is sometimes better than it may be.
“Of course, I’ve always dreamed of winning a match like this or a Grand Slam or becoming the world number one, and I’m already very close, but it’s not like I’m always going to play or [holding a lead] Then somehow choke and get lost. So, I just played a better game than I did and I was trying to learn from it, and I thought there would be another chance one day, maybe I could grab it, and I think that’s the key to winning today. ”
