In the past year, 23-year-old Norwegian player Rude performed well. He not only won the runner-up in the French Open and US Open, but also reached the final in the year-end finals. He maintained a complete victory in the first two rounds of the group stage, but he lost to his men

2022 ATP year-end finals has come to an end, Djokovic defeated Rud 2-0 to win the championship for the 6th time. With the end of this event, it also means that all major events of this season have come to an end. In the past year, the 23-year-old Norwegian player Rude performed well. He not only won the runner-up of French Open and US Open , but also reached the final in the year-end finals. He maintained a complete victory in the first two rounds of the group stage, but he lost to his mentor Nadal in the third round of the competition that had nothing to do with the right to qualify. This result is somewhat surprising.

Because at that time, Nadal had suffered four consecutive losses, which was the longest losing streak in his career. The last time he suffered four consecutive losses was dated back to 2009. When people saw him and Rude play against him, many people would doubt whether Nadal would taste five consecutive losses, but in the end of Nadal won two 7-5, ending his four consecutive losses, while also putting an end to his 2022 season.

After that game, Rude was interviewed by a reporter. The reporter asked him if he had let go. Rude's answer was: "I didn't expect that after two rounds, I would be where I am now, but I was lucky enough to do it. In a sense, you can play the last ball as any game, because I know I have to prepare for the semi-finals so I was in the third round in the third round. I don’t want to get injured, there is no need to fight for some balls, that’s all. This competition with Nadal is different from the French Open final, and the situation between the two is completely different. ”

From Rude’s words, it can be seen that he did not use all his strength to fight Nadal, but if he still wants to express this idea after the game, it may not be good. What to do? Some things are tacitly done, but they are not decent enough to say them, and they will also make Nadal, who won the only victory in the group stage, feel uncomfortable. The beauty of the unspoken rule lies in the word "hidden", which may be the hypocritical world of adults wearing veils. From this perspective, Rude is actually an honest person. I wish him good luck in 2023!