Overview

• The No. 12 seed called marijuana smell the “worst thing about New York” and said it was present “even here on the courts.”
• He described it as annoying to compete while tired with someone smoking just meters away, telling Norwegian media he doubts laws will change.
• Ruud opens singles play against Sebastian Ofner on Monday after raising the issue during this year’s event.
• The USTA designates the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as smoke-free, yet open-air courts beside public parkland allow odors to drift in.
• New York legalized recreational cannabis in 2021, and players including Nick Kyrgios (2022) and Maria Sakkari (2021) previously lodged similar complaints at Flushing Meadows.