Casper Ruud didn’t sugarcoat things after his Wednesday upset loss to Raphael Collignon.

Speaking with reporters in the bowels of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Ruud, the No. 12 seed in the U.S. Open, admitted that he was playing with “little to no confidence” in his game after suffering his latest Grand Slam defeat.

The Norwegian has had a Grand Slam season to forget, stemming from winning a combined three matches between the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open. 3

A lingering left knee injury forced him to skip Wimbledon this summer, only adding insult to injury for Ruud.

“It’s a mix of what you do in practice, how the last matches have gone, which have not been great,” Ruud explained. “I haven’t won that many matches, let’s say, in the last two, three months, also due to being out

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