148: Casper Ruud Interview, Fatherhood & Dating on Tour | EP 148
Nothing Major
Sift Creative
4.8 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Pros v Amateurs part 2 is now live! https://youtu.be/JcNy5DTKvRY
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In this episode of Nothing Major, the guys welcome friend of the pod Casper Ruud for an interview. They chat about gearing up for the MGM Slam in Vegas, life lately, and what it’s been like stepping into fatherhood!
Plus, they dive into topics such as the challenges of dating as a pro tennis player and are joined by Brittany from Tennis Warehouse to recap the recent Pros vs. Amateurs tennis challenge part 2.
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Interview with Casper Ruud
04:13 Casper Ruuds Vegas Experience
05:23 Fatherhood and Tennis
11:18 Valentine's Day and Relationships on Tour
13:31 Winter Olympics and Norwegian Pride
16:59 MGM Slam Details and Contest
20:33 Matchmaking Segment
20:58 Dating on the Tennis Tour
22:31 Challenges of Dating a Tennis Player
25:00 Funny Dating Stories
28:52 Pros vs. Amateurs Challenge Recap
30:40 Interview with Brittany from Tennis Warehouse
36:44 Close
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, everyone, on today's episode of Nothing Major, we got a fun, uh, |
| 0:03.6 | all right, everyone. |
| 0:06.2 | Leave that in there. |
| 0:09.3 | All right, everyone, on today's episode, Nothing Major, we got a Caspar Rude interview. |
| 0:13.0 | We're going to talk a little college tennis. |
| 0:14.9 | It's also, we got a little Valentine's Day segment, so let's get going. |
| 0:23.6 | Welcome back, people. |
| 0:25.1 | I've got Steve Johnson, John Isner, Charlie Fox, the team at Sift. |
| 0:30.4 | We're back for a Friday episode. |
| 0:32.8 | Good news. |
| 0:33.4 | We're going to start this episode with a little interview with Friend of the Pod and |
| 0:37.0 | new father, Casper Rude. All right, we are excited. little interview with Friend of the Pod and new father, |
| 0:38.2 | Casper Rood. |
| 0:39.4 | All right, we are excited. |
| 0:40.7 | We've got Friend of the Pod, Casper Rood back on. |
| 0:43.7 | We have Him on. |
| 0:44.3 | He's taking part in the MGM slam presented by Capital One on March 1st. |
| 0:48.6 | It's a one-night event in Vegas featuring eight players competing for a $1 million prize pool. |
| 0:53.7 | And unfortunately for us, we don't, none of us have Casper winning the whole thing, but we all have them winning matches. Unfortunately, we weren't sure what the training was like, what the preparation was like with a new child. So congrats on that first and foremost. Thank you. Are you ready for Vegas and the one night slam? Yes, I am. I think I'm as ready as I can be. |
| 1:12.6 | You know, one thing that speaks in my favorite is that I practice a lot indoor and I think |
| 1:17.6 | the event is indoors. |
| 1:18.6 | So, I mean, half a year in Norway is indoors tennis. |
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