Holger Rune (12th in the world, 20 years old) added his seventh victim against Argentine tennis players after battling against Mariano Navone (41st)5-7, 7-6 (2) and 6-4, but above all to confirm a broad favorable trend of the young Dane over the Argentine players on the ATP circuit.
In the second round of Madrid Open 2024, Navone had in his hands the possibility of eliminating a true bete noire for the tennis players of his country. Despite having the serve in his favor to close the second set (and the match), the native of 9 de Julio could not face Rune’s powerful recovery and was subsequently eliminated.
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About to turn 21, in his fourth season as a professional, the young man born in Denmark already has 10 games in total against the Argentines in a favorable balance of eight wins and only two losses.
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At the ATP in Santiago 2021 he beat for the first time Sebastian Baez (6-3 and 6-2) in the second round, although in the quarterfinals of the same tournament he could not face Federico Delbonis (6-3 and 6-3)while in that same year, John Manuel Certainly fell to Rune at the Next Gen ATP Finals.
Báez is, so far, the last Argentine to see defeated Rune on the court: it was in his debut in the ATP Buenos Aires 2022the Billinghurst native beat him 7-6, 6-3.
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However, in 2023 the superiority of Rune It became evident with five wins: against Diego Schwartzman in the second round of Miami by 6-4 and 6-2; at Roland Garros he eliminated in the third round Genaro Olivieri (6-4, 6-1 and 6-3) and in the round of 16 to Francisco Cerúndolo (7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 1-6 and 7-6); and in Basel he took revenge on Baez in the round of 16, with a 7-6 and 6-1, while in the quarterfinals he took out Tomas Etcheverry by 6-1, 3-6 and 7-6.
2024-04-26 21:11:00
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