{"id":333514,"date":"2025-10-26T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333514\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:18:16","slug":"casper-ruud-posts-apology-on-social-media-after-withdrawing-from-basel-sorry-to-the-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333514\/","title":{"rendered":"Casper Ruud posts apology on social media after withdrawing from Basel, \u2018sorry to the fans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Casper Ruud\u2019s hot run of form was brought to a halt after he was forced to retire due to injury at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Norwegian has enjoyed an impressive start to the indoor hard-court season, following a tough finish to his Asian swing.<\/p>\n

He called an end to his opening match at the Shanghai Masters against Zizou Bergs with another injury setback, but recovered in time for the Stockholm Open, where Ruud clinched his second title of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ruud<\/a> dropped just one set throughout the tournament in Stockholm, beating Ugo Humbert comfortably in the final.<\/p>\n

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In Basel, the world number 11 was off to a strong start, besting both Quentin Halys and Stan Wawrinka<\/a> in straight sets.<\/p>\n

Against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the quarterfinals, however, Ruud\u2019s body failed him once again. <\/p>\n

Casper Ruud updates fans on his injury after exiting Basel<\/p>\n

After losing the first set to the Spaniard in a tiebreak, Ruud made the decision to retire from the contest and exit the Swiss Indoors event. <\/p>\n

The day after, he took to social media to give an update on his injury and issue an apology to the fans in Basel. <\/p>\n

In a post on Instagram, Ruud said: \u201cNot the ending I hoped for in Basel, but congrats to Alejandro.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry to the fans, sometimes you just have to listen to your body. Time to recover and get ready for Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud\u2019s draw at the upcoming Paris Masters<\/p>\n

Ruud will hope for a lengthy campaign at the Paris Masters, having never made it past the quarterfinals in six attempts. <\/p>\n

His best finish came in 2021, when he made the last eight before losing to Alexander Zverev<\/a> in straight sets.<\/p>\n

This year, he has a favourable path to the semifinals, with his most likely quarterfinal opponent coming in the form of Felix Auger-Aliassime, who also recently suffered an injury in Basel.<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> stands in his way; however, should Ruud progress to the final four, with his Laver Cup teammate leading their head-to-head 5-1. <\/p>\n

Ruud\u2019s time in Paris will be about more than just the title, though, as there is still a chance he can qualify for the ATP Finals. <\/p>\n

He is currently 11th in the \u2018Race to Turin\u2019 and could close the gap on the likes of Alex de Minaur and Lorenzo Musetti with a strong run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Casper Ruud\u2019s hot run of form was brought to a halt after he…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":333515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,10789,62,159307,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-333514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-casper-ruud","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-swiss-indoors-basel","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115439725303776539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}