There is still a long list of participants to confirm for the ATP 500 dispute that Hamburg will organize between July 24 and 30. That is why the tournament organization begins to announce the names of the players who occupy the highest positions in the ranking.
There are still a few months left for the tournament to take place. He ATP 500 Hamburg is looking forward to an edition that will once again be on the lips of all professional tennis fans. For this same reason, the organization begins to confirm the names of those who will be in the German city. The first of all those who confirm their presence is the Norwegian tennis player Casper Ruud. The current number 4 in the world He wants to continue speeding up his options to recover number 2 in the classificationhis best position to date, and try to make the definitive jump to leadership of the ATP that resisted him so much in 2022.
The German championship will be another of the opportunities available to Casper Ruud in his preparation for clay. His first major tournament on this surface took place in Estoril and nothing would go wrong. For this edition it would come out as champion after beating Miomir Kecmanovic in the final, in addition to having previously done the same against players like Sebastián Báez, Quentin Halys and Joao Sousa. The next stop would take place in Monaco, being the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 an attraction that could not be missing. However he would not have good fortune, since he would say goodbye in the round of 16 a favor to Jan Lennard Struff.
Historical balance in the tournament
In this 2023 it will be the fourth participation of Casper Ruud in the ATP 500 Hamburg. His debut came in 2017, where he would lose in the first round of qualifying. For the 2018 edition I would also have bad luck, although this time he would fall in his debut in the men’s final table. In 2019 things were already improving, since he would hold out until the second round by losing in three sets to Andrey Rublrev. His last edition was 2020, and to date it was the best of his career. In the first round he would beat Benoit Pairein the second round to Fabio Fognini and in the quarterfinals to Ugo Humbert. In the semifinals he would have to face Andrey Rublev againagainst whom he would lose again, although this time without winning any set.
