Published on October 4, 2024 at 5:29 p.m.
Aurélien Canot
Already out from the start last week in Tokyo, Casper Ruud left the tournament again in his first match, this Friday in Shanghai, where the world number 9 lost in two sets (6-4, 6-4) against the modest Australian Aleksandar Vukic, 91st ranked.
Unfortunately for Casper Ruud, weeks and weeks are alike. A little too much, the Norwegian must even think, who seems to be experiencing the worst difficulties since his defeat in the round of 16 of the US Open (and already not really flattering) against Taylor Fritz, future unfortunate finalist of this last round of the Grand Slam. against Jannik Sinner. Ruud’s latest results attest to this. The Davis Cup aside – he had dominated the Portuguese Faria (168th) twenty-four hours after having taken a little lesson against another totally unknown representative of Portugal: Henrique Rocha – the world number 9 has been at a standstill for two weeks. Beaten by the Argentinian Francesco Cerundolo during the only Laver Cup match he played last month, the double finalist at Roland-Garros was unable to raise his head the following week in Tokyo, where he won. was brought out this time by the Australian Jordan Thompson (28th), already as soon as he entered the fray. Rebelote this Friday. Seeded number 8, Ruud found himself directly in the 2nd round. And again: for his debut in the competition, he was defeated against an opponent who was also well within his ropes.
Ruud can’t do it anymore
The draw this time reserved Aleksandar Vukic for the quarter-finalist of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer (defeat in three sets against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who had already blocked his path in Cincinnati). The Australian, 91st in the ranking, would certainly have had no chance of continuing his journey against Ruud at his best level. The Norwegian is clearly far from it currently, and the Australian who had brought down Corentin Moutet in the first round had every opportunity to bring down the former world number 2 in turn, unable to win a single set against the Australian nor to break in this game (despite three opportunities) his opponent from the qualifications. While Ruud stops prematurely again, Vukic will face the Czech Machac in the next round.
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