Holger Rune couldn’t get out of the hole he was in for months. The Dane, called upon to discuss the hegemony of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner for the next decade, crashed this Sunday in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open in surprising fashion against Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 4-6 and 6-3.
In a patient game, the Dutchman (25 ATP) who had already beaten the Dane once, also on dirt, at Hamburg 2022, tested Rune’s patience and succeeded.
Rune followed his usual script, capable of delivering good hits and leaving the fight seconds later. But he was unable to overcome the former against the more monotonous and this time more effective tennis of the Dutchman, whose good average tone was enough to see him through to the round of 16.
This is the second year in a row that Rune has had a bye in the third round of the Madrid Masters 1000showing again that he is far from his best level.
His next rival is the winner of the clash between Alejandro Davidovich and Andrey Rublev.
In another morning match, Jan-Lennard Struff qualified for the round of 16 after defeating Frenchman Ugo Humbert 7-5, 6-4 and thus added his sixth straight victory and the 50th of his career in the Masters 1,000.
The German, finalist in the Caja Mágica in 2023, when he fell to Carlos Alcaraz, He will face the Spaniard again, albeit three rounds earlier, if he beats Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild in the afternoon session.
Source: La Verdad
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