There has really been noticed Holger Rune in this season.
Despite its mere 16 years, the Danish tennis player has had a terrific 2019, where he ended as juniorspiller by winning sæsonfinalen and put themselves on the verdensranglistens the first place.
Earlier in the year he won also the French Open for juniors.
the Results have, among others, impressed the German tennislegende Boris Becker, who has seen the Rune be the training partner for several of the players during the ATP Finals, currently settled in London. the
the Legend is impressed by the young dane. Photo: Eric Gaillard/Ritzau Scanpix
It says Becker to TV2 Sport.
– I saw him live for the first time. I have seen his results this year, and I am very impressed, says the German, who won his first grand slam title as seniorspiller at the age of 17 years.
He is especially in love with the young dane’s power.
– He is only 16 years old, and he is already a pretty powerful player and has a good backhand. The service can be better, but he is very elegant and calm, says the 51-year-old Becker.
the German has in addition to the three Wimbledon titles and also won the Australian Open twice and US Open once in the course of his active career.
Stortalentet is happy for the fine words. Photo: Gabriele Seghizzi / Red Bull Content Pool
Holger Rune is overwhelmed over the fine words of tennisstjernen.
– I have seen him many times, and it’s awesome, when you work so hard every day and give it a go, to hear from the legends that it looks right, and to have a bright future. So it gives me even more fire to work on, says Rune to TV2 Sport.
on Saturday won the Holger Rune invitationsturneringen Red Bull Next Gen Open. The tournament was played in Milan in connection with the Next Gen ATP Finals.
the Plan is now to bet fully on his career as a seniorspiller. He is provisionally number 1004 in the world, while he tops the list for juniors.
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