Rune: “I’m so nervous, I’m expecting too much”

the danish Holger Runewho lost this Sunday in the final of the Masters 1,000 in Rome against the Russian Daniel Medvedev she revealed that she was “very nervous” before starting because she had “too many expectations” of herself.

“I think he was very nervous going into the game. He obviously came from a good game yesterday (against Casper Ruud). Maybe I set too many expectations, although I told myself not to do it,” he declared in a press conference after the game.

“Medvedev played very well, very solid from the baseline. Conditions were very slow today, I think slower than other days. But it’s all to his credit. I’m happy for him. This is his first title on clay. I think he has a bright future on clay as well. He is a good player on all courts and I wish him the best”, he added.

runes He also commented that he was not successful with his serve: “Maybe my serve was worse than in previous games. This is also an important factor because long rallies benefit Medvedev.”

“A good serve helps a lot against him. Today I just couldn’t find it. I tried to mix it up, go a little bit to the side to move it…”, he explained.

“I think he could have won the second set but he managed to fight back. He fought every point, it doesn’t matter if I was up or he was up. Maybe I think he could have done better at 5-4 in the second set. I had an easy right that I missed”, he confessed.

The Dane was thinking Roland Garros: “My feeling right now is obviously not the best. I also have to say that it’s been a good clay-court season so far for me. I reached three finals out of four tournaments. In that sense I can’t complain.”

“But I am a very eager person to win titles. I have been close. I hope to learn from this. But yes, Paris is the main target of the clay court season. I think I have matches that I need too . as ready as possible Now these are the last little things I want to do better the next time I’m at these big parties”, sentence.