While Ruud managed to save three match points and battle back from 2-5 in the third set to take the contest into a fourth set, he eventually went down 3-6, 5-7, 7-6(4), 2-6 to Melbourne debutant Brooksby.
Asked if his Latin American tour with Rafal Nadal at the end of the 2022 season played a part in his early exit from the Grand Slam Down Under, Ruud said that it was easy to make judgments in hindsight and stated that it had nothing to do with his and Nadal’s early exit from the tournament.
The Norwegian stated that he did take a vacation after the Latin American exhibition tour and even had some practice against top-quality opponents in Abu Dhabi.
That said, Casper Ruud revealed that he would take stock of things with his team and decide on what to do in December at the end of 2023.
“The margins are small these days” - Casper Ruud on his defeat to Jenson Brooksby at Australian Open 2023
Elaborating on his defeat to Jenson Brooksby in the second round of the 2023 Australian Open, Casper Ruud spoke about the quality of players currently on the men’s tour and stated that the “margins were small” between winning and losing.
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