Casper Ruud News

While Casper Ruud holds the distinction of being the two-time defending champion, he has made the decision to participate in the Swedish Open instead. As for this edition, Roberto Bautista Agut takes the lead as the top seed. The field also features other prominent players, including Viktor Axelsen, Lee Zii Jia, and Chou Tien-chen.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Jim Courier, former World No.1, called it the revenge tour. Last year, Jannik Sinner missed out on some of the biggest events on the tennis tour—Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid—since he was serving a three-month doping ban.

Botic van de Zandschulp, 28, currently ranked No. 78 in the world, is no stranger to big upsets. At his peak in August 2022, he reached No. 22 in the rankings, a year where he set new career highs 14 times, ending with a 38-29 record in men’s singles matches.

knee injury forced him out of the French Open on Tuesday. World No. 1 and 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic withdrew ahead of his quarter-final against Casper Ruud after a scan revealed a “medial meniscus tear” in his right knee.

Let's take a look at Thursday's Order of Play: CENTRE COURT — 13:30 START Liam Broady (GBR) vs Casper Ruud (NOR) [4] Alize Cornet (FRA) vs Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [3] Andy Murray (GBR) vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [5] No.1 COURT — 13:00 START Alexander Zverev (GER) [19] vs Gijs Brouwer (NED) Sloane Stephens (USA) vs Donna Vekic (CRO) [20] Jessica Pegula (USA) [4] vs Cristina Bucsa (ESP) No.2 COURT — 11:00 START Elise Mertens (BEL) [28] 25 vs Elina Svitolina (UKR) 28 Andrey Rublev [7] 97 vs Aslan Karatsev 100 Danielle Collins (USA) 13 vs Belinda Bencic (SUI) [14] 16 Daniil Medvedev [3] 33 vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 35 No.3 COURT — 11:00 START Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) [29] 121 vs Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 124 Not before 12:30 Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 101 vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 102 T/F 6/3 0/0 Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 62 vs Caroline Garcia (FRA) [5] 64 Ilya Ivashka 21 vs Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [21] 24 COURT 12 -11:00 START Karolina Muchova (CZE) [16] 113 vs Jule Niemeier (GER) 114 Not before 12:30 Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 13 vs Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 14 T/F 6/7(5) 6/3 7/6(7) 1/1 Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 90 vs Katie Boulter (GBR) 91 Frances Tiafoe (USA) [10] 17 vs Dominic Stricker (SUI) 19 Not before 17:30 Jamie Murray (GBR) / Michael Venus (NZL) [13] 41 vs Albano Olivetti (FRA) / David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 42 COURT 18 — 11:00 START Jan Choinski (GBR) 117 vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) [17] 120 Not before 12:30 Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 15 vs Alex De Minaur (AUS) [15] 16 T/F 7/6(5) 3/6 3/6 0/0 Marie Bouzkova (CZE) [32] 57 vs Anett Kontaveit (EST) 59 Mikael Ymer (SWE) 77 vs Taylor Fritz (USA) [9] 80 COURT 4 — 11:00 START Xinyu Wang (CHN) 30 vs Sofia Kenin (USA) 31 Not before 12:30 Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 29 vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP)

Rafael Nadal pulled away to beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final on Sunday for his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall, adding to two records he already owned.