It is not only the danes, Holger Rune impresses.
For one of the big stars have also noticed the triumphs.
“I saw him live for the first time. I have seen his results this year, and I am very impressed. Zverev beats hard on the balls and with great intensity. They trained for almost two hours, but Robert was with you all the way,” says Boris Becker to TV 2 Sport.
He saw Holger Rune, as the only 16-year-old dane has been given the opportunity to train with some of the best in the world. Among other Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev.
And the dane did so noticed from German Becker, who himself has been number one in the world, and which stresses that the Rune must have time to develop even more.
In the Danish camp is the positive words, since also been noticed.
“He said to me that he loved my technique, and that I am so crazy good. Then he asked how my year had been. ‘It had been good,’ I said so. He was very positive and said that I have great potential – both on the hardcourt and gravel and all of it,” says Holger Rune to Onwin TV 2 Sport.
And the dane has also had a good year, where it was to the victory at the French Open for juniors, like Holger Rune also won sæsonfinalen. Something that sent him up on top of the world rankings for juniorspillere.
At the weekend he won also invitationsturneringen Red Bull Next Gen Open in Milan.
Now is the plan then to bet fully on his career as a seniorspiller. Holger Rune is a preliminary number 1004 in the world, and he has in an interview with Politiken told that his ambition is to get in the top-20 in three years.
Boris Becker had a big pointer, who commanded at several grand slam victories. Today, however, it is not as good for Becker, who is affected by the economic problems. Last week it emerged that his petition has been extended so that it now applies until October 2031.
It happens after a study of the tennisstjernen, who has shown that he has kept information concerning the assets and transactions to a value of 4.5 million pounds – equivalent to approximately 39 million dollars – back.
