Tennis teen Rune (19) justifies herself after a scandal
“Federer was 40 times worse than me”
In addition to his brilliant sporting achievements, Holger Rune always causes heads to shake. The Dane believes he still has enough time to change and dares a comparison with Roger Federer.
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In the slipstream of Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 7), Holger Rune (ATP 29) causes a sensation as another shooting star on the ATP tour! The Dane not only fills the gazettes with positive headlines. At the French Open, Rune also caused a lot of conversation apart from the sporting side. Now he compares his behavior to that of young Roger Federer.
In the quarter-finals, Rune played a sensational game with Caspar Ruud. Individual verbal tidbits were already exchanged on the court, and Rune caused a shake of the head with his cold and brief handshake. Then it should have come to a scandal in the cabin. Allegations of unsportsmanlike jubilation came from the Rune camp, Ruuds said the 19-year-old was spreading false statements.
But his outburst of anger at a change of sides when he supposedly sent his mother away from the ranks is particularly noteworthy.
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Thanks to a 6: 3, 2: 6, 4: 1 success over the Ukrainian Vitalij Satschko: Dominik Stricker (ATP 188) is in the second round of the Wimbledon qualification. There the Swiss meets the American Stefan Kozlov (ATP 107).
Is he too passionate?
Rune now comments on his behavior to “Ekstra Bladet” and sees that he has gone beyond the scope. “I have an extreme passion for the sport and sometimes I show it too much. I’m 19 years old and still young.” He works every day to bring out the positive in himself. A process he still has to go through.
Some of the big names in tennis have taken this path. Rune picks out Federer as an example and role model. “If you saw Roger Federer when he was young, he was maybe 40 times worse than me and he’s one of the most popular players on the tour. So I think I still have a lot of time to get an even better image.”
While Federer was considered moody at a young age, venting his frustration on his rackets and swearing a lot, Rune’s behavior is of a different caliber. But as he said himself: there is still time to learn from it. (smi)