Casper Ruud

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Christian Ruud On Casper Ruud, Break Point Star | ATP Tour | Tennis (ATP Tour)

Casper Ruud enjoyed a breakout season on the ATP Tour in 2022. By his side throughout his journey has been his father and coach, Christian Ruud, ...

I think it’s going to be interesting [to see] the other players, how close they have the cameras and everything. But when I really started to believe in him was when he played the European Championships Under 14 and he was not considered one of the favorites. That’s something I really enjoy and I think Casper also enjoys it. So I think for Casper and for me we need to take it slow and see how it goes. But with Casper and me, we are quite nice to each other because it’s tough to be that competitive with your son. He was not even seeded, I don’t think, and he went to the final, beating the taller guys. Suddenly you’re in the final and you’re preparing, sitting there being nervous in the final, and it didn’t go the way you were hoping. Even though he’s a fierce competitor inside, I think he can also be a really [nice] guy on the court. On the other hand, I think it was difficult to do the same in tennis. But for now, I think we are happy with what we did and we look forward to seeing the show. I think they will see that Casper is a nice guy, he’s a serious guy. I think maybe we were one of the players who didn’t have them too close, so I think Casper is more comfortable with the way he’s been doing it and being a little bit private on top of being on the show, showing of course preparation for matches and maybe during the matches and so on.

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Netflix Q&A: Break Point With Casper Ruud | ATP Tour | Tennis (ATP Tour)

Casper Ruud spoke to ATPTour.com about his experience working with the Netflix crews filming Break Point, the one place he did not allow them to go, ...

It’s going to be interesting to watch the other players and I think they have caught some very cool moments on camera with the other players, including myself, reaching finals of Grand Slams and they were around. Obviously coming into the locker room and stuff can be a bit of a challenge for a camera crew, it can be a bit intimate and stuff. And then when I have to do treatment, I just throw everything over to the bed and then put it back on the massage table afterwards. And I didn’t follow that much, he was just a cool guy and a cool figure to sort of have on the front of the sport. I was there saying it myself, so what’s the point of watching? That is what I’m hoping for a lot and that I can do all the tricks perfectly and that all my team members can do them wrong! Hamilton](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hamilton/hc30/overview) fan and I was heartbroken [in 2021] with the finish. I think I’m quite professional in the way I go about things and in my career especially, so I don’t want to waste energy trying to be a clown on TV when there’s a match to be played. But yeah, these sorts of shows are more about the younger guys, the newish generation that is coming up and you will see. But now in the guys driving this year, I think maybe [Charles] Leclerc is my favourite. They are asking for a lot and I gave them what I feel comfortable with. In the Slams they tended to film me in my warmups and we like to play a lot of games with footballs and stuff.

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