In a stunning twist at the Australian Open 2025, Casper Ruud transcended the tennis court with a romantic serve directed at his long-time girlfriend, Maria Galligani. While most players focus on match points, Ruud seems to believe that love is the perfect angle to approach the net. After battling through five grueling sets against Jaume Munar—6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1—Ruud decided that nothing says 'I love you' quite like a post-match proposal. As the crowd cheered for his hard-fought victory, Ruud turned his attention from the tennis ball to a sparkling ring, going down on one knee right there on the court. Eyewitnesses reported that Maria's first reaction was a mix of surprise and “Can I finish my popcorn first?” Witnesses claim she initially thought he was merely practicing his serve, albeit with a shiny new ball. “He had me on the edge of my seat,” Maria recounted later. “At first, I thought he wanted to challenge my love for him with a sudden match point. I was ready to call for a review on his wrestling with his emotions. But when he pulled out that ring instead of a racquet, I knew he had won the game.” Fans in the audience, still buzzing from the match’s intense back-and-forth, erupted into cheers. Many speculated that Ruud’s on-court proposal was part of a clever strategy to distract Munar, while others argued that his relentless pursuit of love might just be a new tactic to secure more fans. "Forget aces and break points," one commentator suggested, "it’s all about love—literally." Ruud, generously spreading the love during the press conference, insisted that both athletic prowess and romantic gestures could indeed coexist. “I’m just trying to serve up happiness,” he declared, with a gleam in his eye that suggested he might have been rehearsing those lines ever since he picked up a racquet. “Maybe my next match will include a double fault by the wedding cake!" During the rollercoaster of emotions that characterized Ruud's first-round match, his fans were left guessing when the real match would be: between opponent on the court or the wedding organizers off it. "With a romantic serve like that, we’re betting on a grand slam wedding next!” exclaimed one excited fan waving a poster that read, “Game, Set, Match Made in Heaven.” As Ruud advances in the Open, the world watches not only for his tennis scores but also to see if wedding bells will soon ring out beneath the Australian sun. And as for Maria? With courtside proposals becoming all the rage, she might soon be joining the ranks of tennis's fiercest competitors on both sides of the net—one being the relentless pursuit of love, and the other being the never-ending quest for the perfect wedding bouquet. After all, who needs match points when you can score a marriage proposal?