New trouble for Rune in his pursuit of Alcaraz and Sinner

In case there was any doubt, the month of October 2022 showed in all its expressions the enormous potential of Holger Rune. The Dane beat five world top-10s in a row to claim the title of Paris-Bercyat this moment his only Masters 1,000 and biggest success of his budding career (4 titles and five other ATP finals).

After winning the exit at Stan Wawrinkain that tournament Rune later surpassed Hubert Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev, Carlos Alcaraz, Felix Auger-Aliassime already Novak Djokovic Eventually. His play and results have positioned him as another one of those youngsters called upon to fight for big titles in the years to come.

Rune, 20 years old and world number 7, continues to fight to get closer to Carlos Alcaraz (2nd) and Jannik Sinner (4th), the standard bearers of the new generation after the golden age of ‘Big Three’ of Novak Djokovic (24 Grand Slams), Rafael Nadal (22) and Roger Federer (20), the three best tennis players in history to coincide in time.

However, Holger has a new problem in his pursuit of Alcaraz (20 years old) and Sinner (22), both champions of grand slam: The Spanish added two (US Open’2022, Wimbledon’2023) and the Italian joined the club of the greats recently Australian Open.

Because Rune doesn’t have a trainer again Boris Becker announced on Tuesday the end of their partnership with immediate effect just four months after starting work with the Danish tennis player.

“I am stepping down as the first coach of Holger Rune with immediate effect. We started this partnership with the first goal of reaching ATP Finals last year, but for the future I realize that for it to be successful, I need to be available to Holger more than I can. Due to professional and private responsibilities, I cannot give Holger what he needs right now. I wish him the best and I will always be his number one fan. I really appreciate this journey together,” explained Becker on his social networks.

The German, former world number 1 and winner of six Grand Slam titles, began training with Rune with the aim of relaunching a disappointing season, especially after losing eight of nine matches since his loss in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon against Alcaraz.

The French coach has stayed on the road Patrick Mouratoglouwho also doesn’t understand Rune’s usual coach, his compatriot Lars Christensen. Between back pain and layoffs, Holger decided to put himself in the hands of Becker, who also coached Djokovic for three years (2013-2016).

Becker, 56, who works for Eurosport Germany, has some travel restrictions due to a London court ruling and has been declared bankrupt. These limitations prevented him from joining Rune at the Australian Open, where the Dane lost in the 2nd round against the Frenchman. Arthur Cazaux. Becker made sure to talk to the tennis player every day.

This departure from Becker is a week after another, that of Severin Luthi, Federer’s former coach who was also part of Rune’s technical team. The Dane started 2024 by reaching the final of Brisbane ATP (she fell for Grigor Dimitrov) and, after her I am disappointed in Melbournelast week he retired with physical discomfort in his right arm in the semifinals of Montpellier against Coric terminal.