Casper Ruud chose tennis as his career. He could have very well played golf because he spends a lot of time playing golf. When he needs a break from tennis, Ruud hits the golf course.

At the 2022 French Open, Casper Ruud reached the finals where he lost to Rafael Nadal. Though it was a tough lost for Ruud (6-0 in the third set), the performance at Roland Garros showed that he belonged with the very best in the game.

Not surprisingly, he carries his golf clubs wherever he goes. That’s the case especially in the United States, where golf courses are easy to find.

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He has an Instagram account dedicated to Golf where shares pictures from the golf course. He loves to talk about golf whenever can. He follows Norwegian tennis players Viktor Hovland and Kristoffer Ventura. Both play on the PGA Tour.  

Casper Ruud is the highest-ranked Norwegian player in ATP history. He eclipsed his father who reached a career-high ATP ranking of 39. Most of Ruud’s titles have come on clay though his results on hard and hard courts have been very good. In 2021, he reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the first time.

Lloyd Harris trained for many years at the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy in Cape Town, South Africa under coach Anthony Harris (no relation). Since breaking out on the men’s tennis tour, Lloyd Harris has an enthusiastic group of supporters who cheer on him on Whatsapp.

Members of the Whatsapp group include coaches, parents,  junior tennis players training at the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy. Slowly, the group has grown to include people outside Cape Town.

Harris credits the academy for shaping him as a tennis player and as the person he is. The tennis academy has grown since Lloyd Harris left. It now has five coaches and six courts including a clay court. The academy supports children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Lloyd Harris reached the quarter-finals at the US Open. He beat several seeded players such as Karen Khachanov, Denis Shapovalov, and Reilly Opelka on his way to the quarter-final. His impressive performance has been an inspiration for kids back home in South Africa.

His tennis career was funded by his parents. In 2018, when he was playing Portugal, he received news that his father had passed away. He stayed back and won the tournament for his dad.