In the men's singles semifinals of the Miami tournament, Ruud swept Argentine black horse Celendoro 6:4 6:1 to advance to the final, setting a new career Masters record. As a clay expert, his first Masters final turned out to be from the hard courts, which no one could have predicted before the start of the tournament. In the final, Ruud will face Alcaraz. Since both of them are the first to reach the final of the Masters, a new master will be born, and Rude has every opportunity to become the "Lu Master" of the tennis world in one fell swoop.
Previously, Ruud seemed to be the least famous in the TOP10, and even compared with the final opponent Alcaraz, Alcaraz was also a clearly more popular party. Before the final battle begins, we may wish to review Rudd's career trajectory: in 2015, Ruud turned into professional tennis; in September 2016, at the age of 17, 8 months, Rude won the first challenge tournament; in February 2017, Rudd won the first tour and reached the rio Open Final Four; in 2018, Ruud fought in five sets and defeated Harris in long sets to win the first Grand Slam main tournament; in September 2018, Rudder began to cooperate with Nadal Online School. In the 2019 Rome Masters, the then unknown Ruud and Kyrgios fought in three sets, ending with Kyrgios's emotional loss and his chair being judged to be defeated, a dramatic and tense game that made Rudd begin to be known to some fans. In November 2019, Ruud was shortlisted for the ATP Forces Nouvelles Finals for the first time, ending with the group not qualifying. In February 2020, at the Buenos Aires Open, Ruder won the first career title, becoming the first Norwegian to win the Tour men's singles title in the Open era, and the ranking was raised to 34, breaking the record for the highest ranking of the Norwegian men's tennis held by his father. In September 2020, Ruud reached the final four of the Masters for the first time in his career at the Masters in Rome, losing to Djokovic in the semi-finals, ranking 27th at the end of the year.
2021 is a year of ruud's comprehensive breakthrough. At the Australian Open, Ruud reached the round of 16 of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career, losing to Rublev; at the Monte Carlo Masters and Madrid Masters, Ruud reached the final four back-to-back, ranking in the top 20 for the first time, and won five single-year tour titles (all ATP 250 matches), including winning three consecutive weeks in July, becoming the first player to win the tour for three consecutive weeks after Murray in 2011, winning 13 consecutive wins. In September 2021, Ruud reached the top 10 for the first time, and in November, Ruud reached the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters to lock in a place in the year-end finals. In the year-end finals, Ruud reached the final four, losing to Medvedev and finishing 8th year-end. In 2022, Rudder withdrew from the Australian Open due to injury and won his 7th career title in February, winning 18 consecutive atTP250 clay tournaments. Indian Wells lost to Kyrgios in the third round, Miami beat Zverev for the third career win over TOP5 and reached the Tour Singles Final for the 10th time.
Ruud's 7 career titles all come from the 250 tournaments, in the current personal point composition, including 6 ATP250 tournament champions, dubbed the "250 tournament little prince", career against the TOP10 only won 5 wins, the win rate is a pitiful 25%, so many fans question his top 10 is water. Careful observation will find that Rude's participation route has the meaning of "rural encirclement of the city", actively participate in the small competitions that the masters disdain to participate in, practice instead of competition, accumulate points and self-confidence through stable performance, improve the ranking, so as to avoid encountering the master in advance in the competition; in the experience of a large number of competitions, Rude gradually has the level and competition temperament that the big seed should have, although there is no high ceiling and talent, but the stable play allows him to grasp the opportunity and make a breakthrough when other big seeds are not in good condition. Step by step to where it is today. Ruud is a model of obscure and conscientious players, people can say that his results are insufficient, but from another point of view, ATP has set up so many tours to provide opportunities for diligent low-ranking players to promote, and low-level competitions also need the support of strength players, and it is not easy to "sweep the water" stably. Ruud is still actively supportive of ATP competitions as a high-ranked player, and his professionalism is worthy of the ranking awards and should not be ridiculed.
Although in the promotion process of this Masters, Ruud only defeated Zverev, a top 10 player who was in a deep quagmire, which seemed to be insufficient, but it was also a skill to play steadily and seize the opportunity! In the case of big seeds being out of the game, Ruud has maintained the dignity of the top 8 seeds. He doesn't have amazing talent and touted masterpieces, but he has a solid gradebook. Such a conscientious and down-to-earth player believes that his career will definitely go to another level! (Source: Tennis House Author: Wenwen)