ATP – Holger Rune: “I like working in the shadow…”

Holger Rune is making an astonishing ascension. The 19-year-old player has seen his ranking rise as fast as his level of play and is now a serious competitor at the 18th place in the world. The Danish player loves hard indoor tennis and won the Stockholm tournament against Stefanos Tsitsipas before following up with a final loss in Basel against the unstoppable Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Rune has confidence in himself and knows that he is in the shadow of Carlos Alcaraz who is also making a historic start to his career. Enough to motivate the 18th player in the world to show that he too can be No. 1 in the near future: “Working in the “shadow” is not so bad for development when you are young.” I continue to work to reach the world No. 1 spot with passion and love for the game…”