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2023-03-13 23:07:07开季至今不曾连胜 外媒问：世界第4的他到底怎么了？
2023/03/13 10:37
〔体育中心／综合报导〕过去两年共获8冠、并曾二度勇闯大满贯决赛的挪威好手鲁德（C
asper Ruud），本季似乎尚未找回最佳状态。他于ATP印地安泉大师赛抱憾止步32强后，
开季至今3个月仍未尝到连胜滋味。如此低潮甚至连专业网球媒体《Tennis.com》都以斗
大标题写着：“鲁德到底怎么了？”
荣膺赛会第3种子的鲁德，在年度首站大师赛享有少打一轮的优势，他于次轮赛事顺利以
直落二盘数过关，但在第3轮遭遇会外赛晋级的智利对手加林（Cristian Garin）却踢到
铁板。
鲁德首盘被加林破发后，便以4：6让出；次盘前者先被破发后，虽成功回破、将战线延长
至抢七决胜局。但鲁德于决胜局仅拿两分，让加林以两盘比数6：4、7：6（2）胜出。
这位目前排行世界第4的挪威好手，自元月中旬澳网第2轮爆冷出局后，逾一个月都未参与
任何一场正式比赛。他曾于印地安泉大师赛赛前记者会表示，自己透过训练与休息来度过
澳网后的时间，因此直到二月下旬才前往墨西哥参加巡回赛，并自认这对他个人而言才是
新球季的开始。
不过该站鲁德同样止步次轮，加上本站同样是首战奏捷、隔场落败，也令《Tennis.com》
直言，期待他能尽快找回属于自己的赢球节奏，让“第二场输球”的定律成为过去式。
https://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/4237776
After latest early exit in Indian Wells, what’s up with Casper Ruud?
The former world No. 2 ended last season on an unequivocal high, but is yet to
win back-to-back matches in 2023 after bowing out in the third round of the B
NP Paribas Open.
By
David Kane
On a men’s tour besieged by ill-timed injuries, high-profile retirements, and
myriad personal issues, Casper Ruud could be what one could consider an “unp
roblematic fave” among the proverbial Next Gen set.
The Norwegian has quietly and uncontroversially done the work over the two-yea
r post-pandemic era, working his way up the rankings first slowly, then quickl
y, and culminating with a 2022 season that saw him reach four consequential fi
nals—including two at Grand Slams, both Roland Garros and the US Open. He eve
n earned a coveted spot in the first season of Netflix’s Break Point, chronic
ling his run to his first Grand Slam final in Paris.
But since ending last season with a runner-up finish at the Nitto ATP Finals,
Ruud’s Top 3 form has all but abandoned him. At a time when he could have giv
en himself a mathematical shot at the No. 1 ranking—having missed the 2022 Au
stralian Open due to injury—he has failed to win back-to-back matches in all
five of his tournament appearances thus far.
The latest disappointment came on Sunday when he endured an ugly defeat to Cri
stian Garin in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, striking 29 unforced e
rrors—20 off his hitherto superior forehand side—to exit the Masters 1000, 6
-4, 7-6 (2), in just under two hours.
His frustration is likely only compounded by the belief that, after an underwh
elming Australian summer, things were finally falling into place.
“I’ve had a couple of weeks of training and rest in February, and from Acapu
lco last week, my season has really started,” he said in his pre-tournament p
ress conference. “I hope I can have a good result here.”
The 24-year-old indeed began 2023 without a traditional pre-season, having esc
hewed the rest he may have needed after a breakthrough year to play a series o
f exhibition tournaments in Central and South America with idol and academy tr
aining mate Rafael Nadal.
After a short vacation in the Maldives, he picked up his racquets again to pla
y another exhibition in Abu Dhabi, part of the Middle Eastern swing of off-sea
son tournaments that featured the likes of Carlos Alcaraz—who ended up injuri
ng himself and missed the Australian Open—and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who came to
Indian Wells openly undercooked thanks to a shoulder issue.
“I sort of was hoping to use United Cup period and Auckland to sort of train
well and play a couple of matches before coming into this,” Ruud explained af
ter a second-round Melbourne exit to Jenson Brooksby.
“It was maybe not enough to be able to perform well here this year. So, it wi
ll be considered by me and my team what we will do in December this year, and
whether this was the right way to prepare for Australian Open or not.”
The unproblematic fave’s problems have nonetheless followed him to North Amer
ica, where he is scheduled defend his first big batch of points next week in M
iami after reaching the final last year.
Still, there is reason to believe his fortunes will soon change: for all his c
onsistency in 2022, he left large swaths of points on the table with early def
eats in Monte Carlo and Madrid, two clay-court events where he should expect t
o play his best tennis. His hard-court results have made him a Top 3 player, b
ut clay will likely always remain foundational to his career, a surface on whi
ch he can optimize a heavy forehand that can sometimes sit up on quicker court
s.
And though his losses have often featured brutal stats, they haven’t resulted
from a lack of fight from Ruud, who battled from a break down in the second s
et to Garin and twice stood two points from a deciding set.
Sometimes derided for a more “boring” style of play, Ruud even pulled off a
'tweener in the midst of an otherwise unsatisfying afternoon:
“The margins are small these days,” he said back in Australia, “and I just
realized that, you know, even though I don't feel like a worse player or that
I'm in physically worse shape than I was during the US Open, for example. Ther
e I made the final; here I lost second round. That's how it is sometimes.”
Capable as he may be, how quickly Casper can change things from “how it is”
to “how it was” remains an open question.