Ruud's prediction after Federer and Nadal's retirement that turned out to be wrong

Guest of Greg Rusedski, Casper Ruud opened up unfiltered about the future of world tennis. Between the end of the Federer-Nadal era and the dominance of Alcaraz and Sinner, the Norwegian reveals his vision of a circuit in full transformation... and his dream of being part of it.

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Clément Gehl

le 23/12/2025 à 12h52

1 min to read

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Casper Ruud participated in the show "Off Court with Greg" with Greg Rusedski. During it, he discussed the prediction he had made after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal retired.

He stated: "I said a few years ago, when Roger was the first to retire and Rafa followed, that I expected there to be a few more Grand Slam champions than there were during the 15 to 20 years when they reigned supreme.

"I still believe we will see more champions"

But in reality, no, because Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz have won almost everything since those guys started retiring.

I still believe that in the next five to ten years, we will see more Grand Slam champions and I think there will be more players capable of challenging them.

Of course, I hope to be part of it, I am doing my best in training and in my career to achieve that. But it's really difficult."