He is the new champion of the Mutua Madrid Openmade history as the first Norwegian that wins a 1000 ATP Masters category. He celebrated it without excessive effusivity, he is a quiet man. It seemed like an insurmountable wall on and off the track, but it also has its heart and doubts, although it has hidden them for themselves and its closer people.
Casper Ruud, all education and affability, was generous with everyone present in the Magic Madrid Caja after winning the final to Jack Draper, by 7-5, 3-6 and 6-4. when taking photographs, give words of respect.
An ice weathering, although only apparent. A way of being, also a human being with his sufferings, with the fears and wear of an elite athlete.
It would have seemed to Ruud Always, if not because he revealed during the week that he had to deal with such a recurring factor in tennis, as well as in everyday life: mental health.
His revelation was heartbreaking to come from who is coming. In principle, a tennis player capable of dealing with everything, serene, unpacked. None of that, he himself reported a painful chapter that had a good ending because he knew how to ask for help in time.
“I have looked for help and it has worked great, I have reacted quickly and I have felt much better; so having someone to talk about certain things has helped me a lot. I feel that I wake up every day with a smile. So I’m glad I was honest with myself and I felt that I needed help, and has paid off quickly,” I stressed.
At the end of 2024, he does not make his success in Madrid so much, the year he had triumphed in the Godó and Genevahe felt on the verge of forces. “I felt a bit like I was running in a hamster wheel that never came anywhere. The life of tennis is like a hamster wheel that never stops, except for a few weeks between November and December. Sometimes on December 27 or 28 we are already starting another season again.”
‘Burn out’. Burned for his work, a tennis that went from passion to suffering. “I felt as if I was in an endless spiral, as if I was caught and needed to leave a little to reflect on my situation and how I felt,” he said.
He treated him, and went ahead. That’s why he supported Iga Swiatek With an aid message when it lost 6-1 and 6-1 against Coco Gauff in Semifinals in Madrid. The Polish covered her face with the towel of despair. Ruud He invited her to move on with her head high, in any circumstance.
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