the dane Holger Rune, 19 years old and fresh winner of the Masters 1,000 in Paris-Bercy, offered his first words as soon as he received the trophy from the hands of Stefan Edberg to his Serbian opponent Novak Djokovic35: “I’ve seen you on TV since I was little.”
“You are one of the favorite players, I watched you on TV since I was little,” said Rune, who was born in 2003, the year “Nole” started playing professionally.
The young Dane, who rose from 18 to number 10 in the world, also thanked his team and mentioned his mother, Anekeinseparable from the Rune from the beginning.
Dethroned by Bercy, who has won six times, Djokovic takes his hat off to Rune. “I really like your personality, you dedicate yourself entirely to tennis, you give it your all, your future is bright.”
The Serb, who wasted six break points to take the third set in a tie break, accepted his defeat and commented that Rune was “better in the key moments”.
Source: La Verdad
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