“It has of course a very pleasant taste, and I think it’s something you have to know how to do: manage and turn the page after difficult defeats if you want to progress”welcomed the main interested party in front of the journalists. “If you want to become a better player in any sport, you have to know how to erase memories quickly. Some defeats have been harder than others, but all the defeats I suffered in the six previous finals were a source of motivation to succeed today. »»
Apart from the US Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, where he lost in four rounds and had let out the world’s number one place, the Norwegian had not scored the slightest set in all these other big finals.
Ruud never discouraged
After his defeat in the final in Monte-Carlo last year against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud seemed almost disillusioned, as a conscious that he reached his glass ceiling in these higher stakes. The Norwegian assures that he always believed in him despite the chain of these failures. He very often fell against better than him.
“I was in incredible positions during my career, I was able to experience very good things, and unfortunately, I have often been on the side of the losers in many of these matches, but it does not matter”put the native of Oslo into perspective at a press conference. “In a way, my career has gone better than what I would have sometimes thought possible. »»
-“I have always dreamed of winning tournaments like this, or big chelems, or becoming the world number 1, and I was relatively close, but it is not as if I had served for the match or led largely before cracking and losing. I just faced players who were better than me, and I tried to learn from it by telling myself that one day, another opportunity would arise, and maybe I could seize it. I guess that is what made the difference today. »»
“I knew, on the basis of my previous six defeats, that if I did not play my best tennis, I would have nothing to do on the court. So that was, my mentality today “assured the one who will be back in the top 10 on Monday (7th in the world, an increase of 8 places).
As Roland-Garros approaches (May 25-June 8), where he therefore reached the final twice, Casper Ruud replaces himself among the serious outsiders. It could use the Masters 1000 of Rome which begins in a few days to arrive even in shape in Porte d’Auteuil.
