Casper Ruud. Advertising. When Ruud and I spoke a couple months ago about the concept of backing up results, he wasn’t focused on the burden of his 2024 clay-court output to come.

Jannik Sinner sent a message on Thursday evening at the Foro Italico in Rome by obliterating Casper Ruud, one of the top clay-court players, 6-0, 6-1 in 64 minutes. Ruud was coming off his first ...