MOSCOW, September 10 Norwegian tennis player Kasper Ruud, who became the finalist of the US Open , admitted that sometimes in tennis you need to demonstrate acting skills in order not to show your weakness and fatigue to your opponent. On Friday, Ruud defeated Russian Karen Khachanov in the semifinals of the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the season, held on hard courts in New York. «This match was one of my best. In the beginning, we were both nervous, there were breaks both for me and for him. Keep in mind that this match was the most significant for us in our careers. Of course, nerves will always make themselves felt. To me I was lucky that I won the first set and it calmed me down a bit, and in the second and fourth I played just fine,» the US Open press service quotes Ruud. The outcome of the first set was decided in a tie-break. Tennis players had the longest play of the tournament, throwing 55 strokes before Ruud won the set. from acting. How can I show it? I don't know, «said the finalist of the US Open. In the final of the US Open, Ruud will play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. The winner of the tournament will lead the rating of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). For both athletes, this will be the first such achievement in their careers.
