He recovered in extremis. In a duel made of roller coasters where he often had the hand without succeeding in driving the point home, Andrey Rublev finally had the last word against Holger Rune in the round of 16 of the Australian Open. To do this, the Russian, world number 6, had to, among other things, save two match points and recover from a hell of a deficit in the final super tie-break with a victory in five sets (6-3,...
It's not like Holger Rune appeared out of nowhere in the tennis cosmos. In September 2021, he attracted attention with an Ikea shopping bag. For his biggest match up to that point, he marched onto the pitch at the US Open in New York with the blue bag called Fracta, purchase price one euro, and enthused after bravely defending himself against Novak Djokovic and stealing a sentence from the favorite: " It's a nice bag. I can put all my...
tennis First Masters title: Djokovic also stopped by Rune Winner in Paris: Holger Rune. photo © Thibault Camus/AP/dpa Serbian top star Novak Djokovic was also unable to stop tennis promoter Holger Rune and missed his seventh Masters title in Paris. Serbian top star Novak Djokovic was also unable to stop tennis promoter Holger Rune and missed his seventh Masters title in Paris. The 21-time Grand Slam tournament winner had to admit defeat to the only 19-year-old Dane 6: 3, 3:...
Another one to whom we must not speak of age. At 19 – since we have to set the scene all the same – Holger Rune has just lived the week of his life at Bercy. After saving three match points in the first round against Stan Wawrinka then taking out four members of the top 10 in the following ones (Hurkacz, Rublev, Alcaraz, Auger-Aliassime), the Dane overthrew Novak Djokovic this Sunday to afford the first Masters 1000 of his...
3:54 p.m .: ENOOOOORME the third saved on a monumental point of Rune! He was in the covers the Dane, I don't know how he came back to this point (well if a bit with Djoko's baby smash when he should have finished). 40-40. 3:54 p.m. : The first two saved - including the first on a rare miss from the Serb. It's not folded yet! 3:53 p.m. : Three entry break points! 3:52 p.m .: Ouch ouch ouch Rune...
On to the final. Novak Djokovic, defending champion, on Saturday eliminated the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) and thus qualified for his eighth final of the Masters 1000 in Paris where he will face the young Dane Holger Rune. “I started this match very well. Afterwards, he found solutions, he raised his level of play and, at one point, it became difficult for me to find the right shot, ”acknowledged the winner.The 35-year-old Serb is aiming for a...
Novak Djokovic was jostled but finally emerged victorious from his duel with Stefanos Tsitsipas, 5th player in the world, on Saturday, at the end of the decisive game of the third set. He will play his 8th final in the Parisian tournament. Article written by Posted on 05/11/2022 16:02 Update on 05/11/2022 19:16 Reading time : 1 min. Novak Djokovic will be able to defend his title in the Accor Arena. After a long battle, the Serb took the best...
Who else but him could present himself in the final on the land of Roger Federer? Twin by date of birth with the maestro, born like him on August 8, Félix Auger-Aliassime had a dream week in Switzerland, which will put him in a position to win a third title in three weeks. For the one who was pointed out for his inability to win a final – 8 failures during his first eight appearances between 2019 and 2021 –...
At Roland Garros,Stefanos Tsitsipas probably broke a record this Monday at Roland: that of the fastest arrival in conf in history after a match. His executioner in the round of 16, the young Holger Rune, was still on the court putting away his rackets that the Greek was already announced on the way to the press room. This shows the frustration of the world number 4, finalist last year at Porte d'Auteuil and who obviously hoped for something other than...
Tobias Laure reports from the ATP tournament in Munich"I'm sorry." With these words, Alexander Zverev said goodbye to the journalists in Munich. The defeat against 18-year-old Holger Rune had hit the Olympic champion deeply - especially since it was not to be expected."I had no symptoms. A little cold, but that had nothing to do with performance," assured Zverev at the request of Eurosport.de. ATP MunichBad bankruptcy! Zverev clearly fails due to teenager Rune4 HOURS AGORather, he was "very nervous"...
