The Doubleduo Casper Ruud and Iga Swiatek have ravaged the field and charmed many on their way to the New York semi -final. A disagreement created laughter among the audience.
- Ruud and Swiatek, “Ruudtek“, are ready for the semi -finals in the mixed double in the US open against Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper night through Thursday.
- They have impressed with Arthur Ashe.
- Swiatek took his third victory in under a day, and a disagreement about who made contact first created laughter in the audience.
The tennis stars meet Jessica Pegula and Jack drapes in the semi -final mixed double in the US Open night until Thursday.
They showed few weaknesses in the first two matches at the Arthur Ashe Stadium arena.
– Another very impressive achievement, concluded renowned tennis journalist José Morgado at X.
The quarterfinals victory was the third in a day. The world stider won the big tournament in Cincinnati and was in place in New York twelve hours before the first match with Ruud.
In social media, they are named “Ruudtek” and receive a lot of praise for what they have achieved so far.
Ruud lost to Swiatek in a double match in the United Cup just before the turn of the year. A few weeks later it became clear that they would play on teams in the innovation in the US Open. But who made contact first?
“I thought I would be interested if Iga wanted to, and then she suddenly sent me a message and asked if we should play,” Ruud said in an interview with the organizer.
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Then he was interrupted by the Polish world star.
– It can’t vote. I had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to play with Casper, but I didn’t know what the tournament was going to look like, so it must have been you!
Mixed Double has long been a favorite for the most dedicated, but has often disappeared in a program packed with singles matches. The US Open organizer therefore took hold and allowed the exercise to start five days before the main tournament.
The format is halved with the number of teams and now counts 16. Eight teams have been selected based on the players’ total single ranking. The other eight teams have got Wildcard. The innovation has received both praise and criticism.
Ruud is number twelve on the ATP ranking, while Swiatek is on the women’s side.