Ruud admits confidence crisis after early US Open exit

Overview

• Casper Ruud suffered a shocking defeat in the second round of the ongoing US Open.
• The defeat came against 107th-ranked Raphael Collignon.
• Ruud admitted that he is currently lacking confidence in his game.

Casper Ruud suffered a shocking defeat in the second round of the ongoing US Open against 107th-ranked Raphael Collignon. The Belgian youngster stunned the former world No.2 with a 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory. After the loss, Ruud admitted that he is currently lacking confidence in his game.

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“I haven’t won that many matches, let’s say, in the last two, three months, also due to being out for a bit, but when I came back, I didn’t win that many matches to build up a lot of confidence in the matches. Also, feeling of mishitting a lot of shots, hitting a lot of frames out of my forehand, which is supposed to be my best shot. It’s not a good feeling," he said.

The result comes as a huge surprise considering Ruud’s past success at Flushing Meadows. In 2022, he reached the US Open final, finishing runner-up. Earlier this year, he began his campaign with a comfortable win in the opening round against Austria’s Sebastian Ofner, beating him 6-1, 6-2, 7(7)-6(5).

"Will I try to go back, practice even better, harder? Yes" - Ruud

Despite his exit, Ruud has vowed to regroup and push harder in training. He remains motivated to return stronger.

“I can just honestly say I don’t play with much confidence these days. Will I try to go back, practice even better, harder? Yes, for sure. And am I motivated? Yes, but in the matches I don’t over-boost confidence at them at the moment," Ruud concluded.

Meanwhile, Collignon expressed his delight after the match while speaking to ATPTour.com.

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“I knew I could double fault, but I tried to tell myself that I would try to go for it and try to go for serve and volley. I missed by one or two centimetres, but it was a good choice I think because I did a lot of serve and volley during the match and he missed the returns a lot. I said, ‘Try to go for it’, and I managed to close it out, so I’m super happy,” he said.