PARIS : Casper Ruud has now lost the three Grand Slam finals he has played, but the Norwegian believes he has earned something at the French Open this year - the respect of his peers.Ruud lost 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 against Novak Djokovic in his second straight final at Roland Garros on Sunday as the Serbian clai
PARIS : Casper Ruud has now lost the three Grand Slam finals he has played, but the Norwegian believes he has earned something at the French Open this year - the respect of his peers.
"Obviously anyone you play in a Grand Slam final is going to be a good player. But the three players I've played is just Rafa going for, at the time, the record for 22, and then Carlos who was just on fire in New York, and then here, Novak, going for 23. I played very tough players, as you say," the 24-year-old Ruud said.
"I can't just sit and make excuses, but let's see what the future holds. I think this is maybe the most important final that I reached, honestly, because ... here I sort of proved that whatever happened last year is just not like a one-time case," he explained. In the whole tournament, Djokovic has not made a single unforced error in seven tiebreaks, and he came into the contest having won the last 100 Grand Slam matches in which he took the first set.
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