Tennis Star Casper Ruud and Girlfriend Maria Galligani Are Engaged: 'Can't Wait to Marry You'

Ruud announced the news on Instagram, sharing several sweet snaps of the couple posing on a beach with the ocean behind them

Casper Ruud is engaged to his girlfriend Maria Galligani!

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, the Norwegian tennis star, 25, confirmed he'd popped the question to Galligani, whom he's thought to have been dating since 2018, by sharing a sweet Instagram post.

The athlete — who is currently ranked No. 6 in the world for singles tennis, per the ATP Tour — announced the news by posting three photos showing the couple embracing on a beach with the ocean behind them.

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One shot showed the pair looking lovingly into one another's eyes, with Galligani placing her hand on her husband-to-be's chest as he beamed proudly while she showed off her diamond ring.

The sports star shared another full-length shot of the pair with their arms around each other on the same white sands, while a third closer-up image showed the couple smiling and rubbing noses.

For the photo shoot, Ruud donned a pair of casual white pants, which he teamed with a pale pink shirt, while his wife-to-be, who is also from Norway, looked stunning in a cream mini dress.

"Can’t wait to marry you💍🤍," Ruud captioned the post.

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Ruud, who starred in Netflix's 2023 tennis documentary Break Point, has shared several photos with Galligani over the years after posting his first snap of them together on the social media site in Nov. 2018.

While speaking to We Are Tennis in an interview published earlier this month, Ruud discussed his relationship with Galligani, who regularly supports him at tennis tournaments, saying it's her decision to keep their romance fairly low-key.

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"I mean, it's her choice. Obviously, we met before I got to the level I was at now, so things have changed for her, as well, and it hasn't always been easy," he said.

"There are more things in my life that I have to take care of now than when we met. So when you're together with or a girlfriend or partner or fiancée, wife of an athlete, you have to be prioritized No. 3, 4, 5 even some days, because there are many other things that I have to do before," Ruud continued.

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"It's tennis, it's treatment, it's media, it's maybe meeting a sponsor. It's a lot of things before you have time for maybe your partner," he went on, praising his other half for being "very patient and great with these things."

"On the social media side ... she doesn't want it. She wants to be her own, in control of her own kind of life and especially personal life. I'm happy that she's found that way," he added.