Casper Ruud was dumped out by the World No.109, Raphael Collignon with the rising Belgian winning in five against the 12th seed in one of the main upsets thus far.

Ruud at the US Open summed up what has been a pretty disappointing season for the Norwegian who won Madrid but apart from that he lost in the second round at both the Australian Open and French Open. He was hampered by a knee injury in Paris which later saw him withraw from Wimbledon.

He reached the fourth round in Canada before losing to Karen Khachanov. Then in Cincinnati, he lost to Arthur Rinderknech. That rollercoaster run continued with the Norwegian losing out this time at Flushing Meadows fairly comfortably. Albeit at other times he has been blighted. In particular by knee issues during Wimbledon which saw him withraw

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