Despite the presence of World No. 2 Casper Ruud, the hero for Noway’s dominance over India was the unfancied Viktor Durasovic with his smart singles and doubles game in the Davis Cup World Group tie in Lillehammer.
Two-time Grand Slam finalist Ruud himself was all praise for Durasovic, his “best friend”, even though the two do not play the same tournaments.
“Viktor has played some of his best matches in Davis Cup. It was one of the best matches I have seen him play. In the last Davis Cup tie, we lost the doubles. So, the goal was to win today. Viktor was returning good, serving great. He was the main reason for us winning the first set, and then the third. We didn’t have any strategy. We tried to be aggressive and play well,” said the 23-year-old Ruud.
