Casper Ruud is looking ahead to another season on the ATP Tour, which he enters ranked 12th in the world.
Ruud, who once climbed as high as world number two, clinched two titles in his latest season on the ATP Tour.
The triumphs arrived at Madrid and Stockholm, with the Norwegian taking his career tally to 14 with the victories.
Ruud played at UTS London after his busy season on the ATP Tour, during which he shared his thoughts on the dominance of legendary players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
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He told Greg Rusedski on Off Court with Greg: “I said a few years back when Roger was the first to retire and Rafa then came after.
“I said that I was expecting there to be a little bit more Grand Slam champions than there has been for the 15-20 years when they were ruling.
“But it really hasn’t because [Jannik] Sinner or [Carlos] Alcaraz have won pretty much everything since those guys started to step down.
“I still believe over the next five to 10 years we will see more Slam champions and I think there will be more guys that will challenge them.
“Of course, I hope to be one of them, I am doing my best in practice and in my career to do so. But it’s really tough.
“They have kind of taken the game to a new level. But they are also human, just like everyone else. They have been the ones to take over the throne of the Big Three.
“It has been really impressive but I hope there will be a few more Grand Slam champions in the years to come.”
In the 2024 season, Sinner and Alcaraz combined to share the four Grand Slam titles, and remarkably repeated those efforts in 2025.
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Ruud was just catching the latter stages of the careers of both Federer and Nadal, who retired in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
He lost his one and only meeting with Federer on the ATP Tour, as well as losing both of his clashes with Nadal.
And it’s been a similar story in his ongoing battle with Djokovic, who has won five of their six matches so far.
Of course, that could change in the near future as the Serbian nears retirement, with 27-year-old Ruud set to enjoy many more years on the court.
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