EXCLUSIVE - Christian Ruud On Casper's Continued Development

02/16/22 • 11 min

With another title under his belt in 2022, five titles in 2021 an a first appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals at the end of last year, what does Christian Ruud, father of top 10 player Casper, make of his son's development?

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PODCAST - South American Special

Seb Lauzier presents the podcast from Rio, Brazil this week in the build up to the second ATP 500 of the year and the first on clay where Juan Martin Del Potro had been given a wild card and was due to play had all gone well. Unfortunately that hasn’t happened and to get the South American take on the former US Open champion, we hear from Brazilian sports journalist Alex Cossenza.

As the Rio Open gets underway, a year on from having to cancel the event due to Covid, we also hear from Tournament Director Luiz Carvalho and we're with a former number one in the world with a couple of Grand Slams under his belt, 38 year old Marcelo Melo.

Plenty then from Brazil and we also dip into Europe and speak to Andy Murray to assess the start of his 2022.

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PODCAST - Alcaraz, Berrettini, Auger-Aliassime, Tsonga, Khachanov & Arevalo

This week Seb Lauzier introduces the podcast from Rio where he’s been working for the TV operation all week, but we also air interviews with players who’ve been competing at the three other ATP events this past week. We hear from Carlos Alcaraz, Matteo Berrettini, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Jo Wilfried-Tsonga, Karen Khachanov and Marcelo Arevalo.

Interviews by Seb Lauzier, Paul King and Mike Cation. Felix Auger-Aliassime taken from the ATP Media News Feed.