Maria Galligan, Kasper Ruud’s discreet companion in the Roland Garros final

He is aiming to close in on his first Grand Slam title this Friday, June 9. 24-year-old Kasper Rud is preparing for the confrontation with Alexander Sverev in the semifinals of Roland Garros. A match during which the Norwegian tennis player can count on the unfailing support of his companion, 25-year-old Maria Galligani.

For five years now, the young woman has been cheering on the professional athlete from the stands of her competitions, from the Wimbledon tournament to the US Open, during which she became the world number 2. And if the couple is quite discreet about their personal life, Kasper Rud sometimes expresses his love for his partner, also Norwegian, in Instagram posts.

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“I’m so proud of you”

In February 2022, she shared a photo on Instagram in which she posed with him. An edition accompanied by a Valentine’s Day message in love. “My Valentine everyday,” she wrote in a heart-adorned caption. Maria Galligan, followed by 14,000 subscribers, also does not hesitate to express her feelings to him on the social network.

“I’m so proud of you, my love, and your incredible team,” he enthused after the youngster’s victory at the US Open. It must be said that this former student, with a degree in psychology from Oslo’s Nye Hojskole and a master’s degree in the same field from the University of Southern Denmark, has closely followed his colleague’s meteoric rise.

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To the heights

Maria Galligan and Casper Rude are really in a relationship since 2018. The year the youngster won his first Grand Slam matches, notably the Australian Open, in which he became the first Norwegian to qualify at 17. years.

In 2021, Maria Galligan, also a fan of the courts, as evidenced by a photo of herself and her rackets posted on Instagram in August 2022, attended Casper Rudd’s victory at the Generali Open, going so far as to take a photo of her and with him. booty A true military young woman, she follows her guide and his family, particularly her sisters Caroline and Charlotte, with whom she is very close, through most of her championships, from Paris to Monte-Carlo. So she’s going with him to the Lever Cup in London in 2022.

worldly events

Despite their usual discretion, the couple allows themselves, in parallel, to appear several times at public events. The player and her companion attended the Opening Night Gala and then the Vogue World Fashion Show in New York in September 2022, for which she wore a long asymmetric turquoise dress.

In particular, Casper Rudd and his young wife also like to walk on the green, where the latter learns to play golf, when he is not offered a break in the Maldives. Since 2021, the duo, who now live together in Oslo, also welcomed a new travel companion, Bajas, a Maltese who never fails to accompany them on their travels.