Rune attacked the public in Madrid with one of the ugliest gestures in memory

Holger Rune bid farewell this Sunday to the Mutua Madrid Open. The Dane went down 7-6(1), 5-7 and 7-6(5) in an epic duel against Alejandro Davidovich in three hours and six minutes of a close match that also had its share of controversy.

And it was that The man from Malaga has lost hope several times with the wrong decisions made by the electronic system that acts as a ‘hawk’s eye’to the point of threatening to refuse to continue playing.

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These technical problems are compounded by Rune’s attitude. One of his balls was deemed good by the chair umpire and the electronic system, despite the fact that Davidovich saw it as clearly bad.

The Dane angered the public by erase the ball mark that Davidovich said was bad and that the automatic check gave a good one, a gesture that even lost him reprimanding the chair manager, who could not get down to look at the boat because the protocol in these cases prevented him from doing so.

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“I don’t want to say anything because you can see that the brand is bad and they give it a good one… anyway. Carlos (Bernardes) told me that the protocol is what it is and that I could not go down. That Rune erased the mark I realized, but they had already approved it so I didn’t care. It bothers people and thanks to that gesture people come closer to me and I notice thatDavidovich explained after the game.

It is a tense, challenging duel, muddy at times, with two players of the character of Davidovich and Rune, a player who seems to enjoy challenges and tense environments such as the one installed for an hour on the track of the Manolo Santana stadium. There were calls for attention from the chair manager, Brazilian Carlos Bernardes.

Other than all this, gradually calmed down as the games passed, the pulse was steady. There was no surrender in the first set which was resolved for the Spaniard in the tiebreaker. Later, the first service breaks came and the Dane took control of the match, he was stronger in the final stretch of the second set and leveled the contest.

The third and final sleeve regained the balance. The Spaniard kept the type before the attacks of his rivahe. He tied despite losing serve early. He is physically strong. He fought before Rune served, a solid weapon he used in every retreat.

After another tear in the tenth quarter, Davidovich took out to win the game. He was uninspired and Rune made up for the situation and leveled at 5 after trailing 5-3. The clash ended in a tiebreaker where the Spaniard emerged again, fighting to the end.

He celebrated it in a big way, with jumps, on the track and thanking the public for all their support for the victory.