How Casper Ruud is giving back
Aside from his golfing favourite music artist, The.
escapades and deep admiration Weeknd, the Norwegian places.
for his favourite music a lot on the.
artist, The Weeknd, the importance of empowering children.
Norwegian places a lot through sport and education..
on the importance of Ruud assumed the role.
empowering children through sport of Global Ambassador for.
and education. Ruud assumed the the W Initiative in.
role of Global Ambassador 2022 and hopes to.
for the W Initiative reach out to young.
in 2022 and hopes people by hosting an.
to reach out to annual tennis event. The.
young people by hosting most recent edition took.
an annual tennis event. place on 15 September..
The most recent edition W Initiative is a.
took place on 15 humanitarian foundation, which aims.
September. W Initiative is a to improve the quality.
humanitarian foundation, which aims of life for children.
to improve the quality and young people from.
of life for children diverse backgrounds, achieved through.
and young people from the support of projects.
diverse backgrounds, achieved through in Norway, as well.
the support of projects as abroad in countries.
in Norway, as well such as Uganda and.
as abroad in countries Fiji. For a third.
such as Uganda and consecutive year, the No..
Fiji. For a third consecutive 9 in the PIF.
year, the No. 9 ATP Rankings took part.
in the PIF ATP in bringing tennis to.
Rankings took part in a wider audience and.
bringing tennis to a interacted with the adults.
wider audience and interacted of tomorrow. It was.
with the adults of a particularly warm occasion.
tomorrow. It was a this time around as.
particularly warm occasion this Ruud returned to his.
time around as Ruud native Oslo, where he.
returned to his native was once a child.
Oslo, where he was with a dream. “Before.
once a child with coming here, I was.
a dream. “Before coming here, aware of the good.
I was aware of sporting results they have.
the good sporting results achieved,” Ruud explained at.
they have achieved,” Ruud the recent event. “After.
explained at the recent today, I also see.
event. “After today, I why. The work they.
also see why. The do with children and.
work they do with young people is amazing.
children and young people to see.” The event.
is amazing to see.” The was held at Furuset.
event was held at IF Tennis, which was.
Furuset IF Tennis, which granted a one million.
was granted a one NOK ($95,000 USD) donation.
million NOK ($95,000 USD) from W Initiative for.
donation from W Initiative its aligning principles of.
for its aligning principles bettering the quality of.
of bettering the quality life and increasing the.
of life and increasing opportunities available for young.
the opportunities available for people. Ruud wasn’t the.
young people. Ruud wasn’t the only household name from.
only household name from Norwegian tennis to be.
Norwegian tennis to be present. His father and.
present. His father and coach, Christian Ruud, and.
coach, Christian Ruud, and countryman Viktor Durasovic, who.
countryman Viktor Durasovic, who has shared a team.
has shared a team with Ruud at the.
with Ruud at the United Cup and ATP.
United Cup and ATP Cup, were also on.
Cup, were also on hand to impart their.
hand to impart their wisdom. “It strikes me.
wisdom. “It strikes me every every time we do.
time we do this, this, just how great.
just how great the the joy of sport.
joy of sport can can be,” chairman and.
be,” chairman and founder founder of W Initiative.
of W Initiative Gustav Gustav M. Witzøe said..
M. Witzøe said. “For “For many of these.
many of these children, children, this is their.
this is their first first encounter with organised.
encounter with organised sport. “Us sport. “Us adults think.
adults think about how about how important sport.
important sport is for is for cohesion, inclusion.
cohesion, inclusion and belonging. and belonging. While the.
While the children are children are just having.
just having a lot a lot of fun,.
of fun, not thinking not thinking at all,.
at all, just doing.” Ruud, just doing.” Ruud, who.
who reached a career-high reached a career-high of.
of No. 2 in No. 2 in the.
the PIF ATP Rankings PIF ATP Rankings in.
in 2022, is back 2022, is back in.
in action this week action this week as.
as the third seed the third seed at.
at the Kinoshita Group the Kinoshita Group Japan.
Japan Open Tennis Championships Open Tennis Championships in.
in Tokyo. The 25-year-old Tokyo. The 25-year-old is.
is currently sixth in currently sixth in the.
the PIF ATP Live PIF ATP Live Race.
Race To Turin and To Turin and will.
will face Australian Jordan face Australian Jordan Thompson.
Thompson with the hope with the hope of.
of boosting his chances boosting his chances of.
of qualification.
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