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Kristen Wong

Tennis Star Casper Ruud Found Cool Way to Celebrate Liverpool’s Premier League Title Win

Casper Ruud celebrates a winning shot during his match against Marcos Giron in Round 2 of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., March 7, 2025. | Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Everyone knew where Norwegian tennis star Casper Ruud's allegiances lay after his Round of 32 win in the Madrid Open—his soccer allegiances, that is.

No. 15 Ruud defeated Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday and will advance to the Round of 16 to face No. 4 Taylor Fritz. Ruud took a moment after his big victory to do something special for Liverpool, who had clinched the Premier League title in front of their jubilant fans at Anfield earlier that day. It marked their second title in the last five years and manager Arne Slot's first in his remarkably successful debut season with the club.

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