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Casper Ruud: "Now I know for sure it’s the toughest challenge in tennis to play against Nadal on Chatrier" The Norwegian talked to the press following his loss to Rafael Nadal in the Roland Garros final "It was a little bit, honestly, a bit tough to find myself too comfortable in the situation in the beginning, but as the match went on, I tended to feel a little bit better and I could calm down and breathe out a little bit more. But it was challenging because you are playing him, the most winning-slam player ever, and on this court in the final it's not too easy. I didn't expect him to have problems with the foot, but would maybe -- yeah, it was in the back of my mind that something can happen and that I should not give up no matter what because whatever the score is, it might be that something can occur to him. Same for in my case. Something can always happen when you're out there. We saw it with Sascha, how fast things can happen, and in unfortunate situations. But he looked sharp, he looked fine, and moving well. It's impressive that he has been able to kind of forget about that foot and played very well here. But it was worth a shot, and a good experience, for sure. we have seen for many years, I think he is the complete clay court player. He has the perfect game for clay and obviously other surfaces as well. But here it's incredible. Plays with heaviness on the ball and topspin that is not the same as anyone else on the tour. And I have not actually practiced with Rafa since Toronto last year, so it has been quite some months. Is it the toughest challenge in tennis to play against Nadal on Philippe Chatrier? I think so. I said before the match that I guess it is, but now I think I know it is. So at least what I have faced, it's really challenging and really tough. But I already knew it sort of in a way. His numbers speak for themselves. He has never lost a final here, and there is a reason why. I guess like I said in the speech, I'm just another one of the victims that he has destroyed on this court in the final (smiling). he plays the same style in practice and matches. He takes the practices very seriously, and so do I. If we practice and play sets I think we both want to try to win, of course, and have a good practice. But the circumstances were a bit different today. It was the first time I have experienced to be in this situation and play a Grand Slam final. I don't think it really got to me until I stepped on court today and saw the full stadium and felt like the atmosphere in the crowd. It was a bit challenging for me honestly today to get used to his topspin again. Today was, you know, sunny sometimes and the ball was quite bouncy. Took a little bit of time to get used to it, but I think I played fairly well in the first two sets. In the third set it was not like I did unbelievably many mistakes, but he just raised his level and showed that he was going to go after the title and was of course difficult to come back from 2-0 down against him, and yeah, he showed why he has won this many times before". Website BTU - Ukrainian Tennis - joins the fundraising to help internally displaced persons in Dnipropetrovsk Region
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