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Ruud recovers his winning habit in Geneva
Casper Ruud needed less than 48 hours to shrug off his Rome finals loss to Jannik Sinner, with the Norwegian starting strong at the ATP Geneva event with a 6-3, 7-5 opening win over Jenson Brooksby on Tuesday.
The three-time champion in the Swiss border metropolis advanced at the pre-Roland Garros tune-up with 21 winners.
Ruud won the title here in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
“This stretch of tournaments is quite a lot but they are nice tournaments and I like playing here,” the winner said.
“I like playing on clay. I try to use the clay season the most I can and every time I come to Geneva I have a good result at Roland Garros, so let’s hope to keep that tradition going.”
The Scandinavian owns two Roland Garros finals, losing to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in Paris..