He was called to ride the train of future great tennis champions as soon as possible, where now Jannik Sinner (22 years old) and Carlos Alcaraz (21) have traveled first class as current world numbers 1 and 2.
however, Holger Rune (21) again suffered a heavy crash in his debut on grass, another setback to his idea of joining the generational battle that will come this season and in the coming years on the ATP circuit, with Sinner and Alcaraz as outstanding tennis. players, moment winners of the first two titles of grand slam of 2024, the Australian Open for Italian and Roland Garros for Spanish.
Last year Rune was a semi-finalist in the Queen’s ATPbut this Monday he was left out of the tournament for the first time after succumbing -4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3- against the Australian Jordan Thompsonwho haven’t won a game in two months, a terrible streak of five consecutive defeats against Ruud (Barcelona), Kotov (Madrid), Monteiro (Rome), Martyr (Roland Garros) and Raonic (Hertogenbosch), the latter is already in the grass.
The Dane, former world no. Instead, Sinner (33-3) and Alcaraz (25-5) have won, respectively, three and two trophies this year.
Rune slipped three times on the Queen’s turf during his match against Thompson. “It was very slippery, to tell you the truth. “I have slipped three times and one of them was very important, but there is no point in blaming the track, the blame for the defeat is mine. They were both, and he managed not to slip,” said the Dane.
Even before he made his debut this Tuesday (about 2:30 pm) against the Argentine Francisco CerundoloCarlos Alcaraz was left without one of his great rivals at the Queen’s ATP, a Holger Rune who has been looking for his best version for months.
Queen’s ATP
Results
First round (grass)
Dimitrov (Bul/3)-Mannarino (Fra) 6-1, 6-2
Hijikata (Aus)-Tiafoe (USA) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0, ab.
Thompson (Aus)-Rune (Din/7) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
Raonic (Can)-Norrie (GBR) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9)
Source: La Verdad
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